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Airline capabilities, cargo dimensions, and weight limitations

Find out in this article which products can be shipped per airline (General, Pharma etc) and the dimension and weight limitations for each.

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Written by Joe Marris
Updated over a week ago

Click on any of the following airlines to jump to the section with their product offerings and dimension and weight limitations.

airBaltic Cargo

Product: GEN

Weight limitations:

Max 150kg per piece for exports from Stockholm (ARN)

Max 250kg per piece for exports from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport

(GOT)

Max 1100kg per shipment

Dimension limitations: 114W x 84H

Type of rates offered: Standard

Air Canada Cargo

Product: GEN

Weight: No weight limitations

Dimensions: No dimension limitations

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

American Airlines Cargo

Product: GEN

Weight: No weight limitations

Dimensions: No dimension limitations

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

AF/KLM

Product: GEN, Pharma

Weight & dimensions: It depends on the country, but some weight and dimensions will trigger an offline case. It can vary between 4 and 5 tons.

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Find more information about the aircraft specifications and ULDs for AF/KLM here.

ANA Cargo

Product: GEN Cargo

Weight & Dimensions: Max. per piece weight = 1000kg, Max. weight = 10000kgs, 302cm X 236cm X 160cm

Types of rates offered: Standard, Express

Avianca

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 1,500 kg max weight

Dimensions: 100 X 100 X 100 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard

Caribbean Airlines Cargo

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 500 kg max weight

Dimensions: Controlled per aircraft via Caribbean Airlines' API

Type of rates offered: Standard

China Eastern

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 4,000 kg max weight

Dimensions: N/A

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

China Southern

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 3,000 kgs

Dimensions: dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Delta

Product: General cargo, PIM, VAL, HUM, PER, live animals

Weight: depending on the aircraft type (applied by the carrier)

Dimensions: 6cbm

Type of rates offered: Standard*

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDS for Delta Cargo here.

*ex-Germany Standard and Express

*ex- U.S Dash Heavy (DHV) is open domestically, and Express Heavy (XAG) is for US exports.

ECS (Condor, TUI, SunClass)

Product: General cargo

Weight & Dimensions: No restriction. Maximum applicable depending on each aircraft.

Type of rates offered: Standard

EL AL Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight:

Narrow body: Max 100 kg

Wide body & Freighter: 5000 kg

Freighter: 5000 kg

Dimensions:

Narrow body 80x80x80cm

Wide body & Freighter: 317x244x300cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Etihad Cargo

Product: General cargo, Food, electric equipment, pharma, spare parts, chemicals, Lithium batteries, etc

Weight:

Freighter: 3500kgs

Wide body: 1650kgs

Narrow Body: 250kgs

Dimensions:

Freighter: 20cbm

Wide body: 10cbm

Narrow Body: 1.5cbm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for Etihad here.

Emirates SkyCargo

Product: General cargo, perishables, pharma, and pharma AXS shipments

Weight: 3,000Kgs/20M3

Dimensions: 3cbm (dependent on aircraft type)

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

FedEx

Product: General cargo

Weight: 6045 kg / 1850 kg per piece (gross)

Dimensions: 236x180x297cm / 200x213x297cm / 159x223x297cm

Specific origin and destination restrictions may apply.

Type of rates offered: Standard

Get more information about shipping freight with FedEx here.

Finnair

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 6000 kg CHW

Dimensions: 30 CBM

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

IAG (British, Iberia, Aer Lingus)

Product: General cargo, aircraft parts, electric equipment, pharma, medical, metal, etc

Weight & Dimensions: No restrictions. Maximum applicable depending on each aircraft.

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for IAG Cargo here.

ITA Airways Cargo

Product: General cargo, perishables, pharma

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Japan Airlines Cargo (JAL)

Product: General cargo

Weight: No limitations, except HEL 1,000 kgs

Dimensions: 294x220x159cms L/W/H

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

LATAM

Product: General cargo

Weight: By default, 300 kg chw (Spain only - 100 kg chw)

Dimensions: N/A

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Lufthansa

Product: General cargo, food, spare parts, chemicals, pharma, lithium batteries, electrical equipment, etc

Weight: 10000 kg GWT (India - 500 kg GWT)

Dimensions: 244x318x350cm / 51 CBM

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for Lufthansa here.

Nippon Cargo

Product: General Cargo

Dimensions: 244x318x295cm (PMC Pallet)

Weight: 10 tons

Type of rates offered: Standard

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for Nippon Cargo Airlines here.

Norse Atlantic Airways

Product: General

Weight per piece: 1,500 kg

Total shipment weight: 4,600 kg

Volume: 11m3

Dimensions: 317x243x160cms

Qatar Airways Cargo

Product: General cargo, diplomatic, aircraft parts, medical equipment, consol, electric, pharma, temperature controlled goods, QR Fresh etc

Weight: 15,000kgs

Dimensions: 90CBM

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Find more information about aircraft specifications for Qatar Airways Cargo here.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

Product: General cargo, PIL, PES, Food, electric equipment, lithium batteries

Weight: No restrictions

Dimensions: Max applicable by aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for SAS Cargo here.

Silk Way West Airlines

Product: General cargo

Weight: 3,000 kg

Dimensions: 244x318x295cm (PMC Pallet)

Type of rates offered: Standard

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for Silk Way West Airlines here.

TAP Cargo

Product: General cargo, perishables, and pharma with temperature control (*)

Weight:

Wide-body: 5000 kg

Narrow-body: 100 kg to 1000 kg, depending on the aircraft type

Dimensions: depending on the aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard

(*) pharma with temperature control is currently only available for flights from Europe to the United States.

Turkish Airlines Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight: 3,000 kg

Dimensions: 18 cbm/ 300x227x162cm - Only non-stackable

*Belgium 5,000 kg/50cbm

*Germany 5000 kg/30m3

*Italy 5000 kg/30cbm

*Luxembourg 9,000 kg/50cbm

*Switzerland 5000 kg/30m3

Type of rates offered: Smart (Standard), Express (Premium, Urgent)

Find more information about aircraft specifications and ULDs for Turkish Cargo here.

Weight and dimension limitations change frequently and are based on the live capacity of the aircraft.

This being the case, even if you're within the maximum limitations, there may not be any space available for some flights, which is why options aren't showing when making a search on WebCargo.

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