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

Above Air (9A)

Product: GEN

Weight: 200 kg gross per piece

Dimensions: 120x100x80

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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

AirCargoGroup

Product: General cargo

Weight: 3,500 kg

Dimensions: 162x244x318 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Air France/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.

Air India - Represented by GSA Euro Cargo Aviation

Product: General cargo

Weight: 3,500 kg

Dimensions: 162x244x318 cm

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

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

Azerbaijan Airlines - Represented by GSA Euro Cargo Aviation

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Binter Canarias

Product: General cargo

Weight: 60 kg/piece

Dimensions: 60x60x60 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Beijing Capital Airlines - Represented by GSA Euro Cargo Aviation

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Bridges Air Cargo (GSA Skyline)

Product: General cargo

Weight: 500 kg/piece

Dimensions: 120x80x160 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard

CargoJet

Product: General cargo

Weight: under 3000/piece

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Cargolux

Product: General cargo

Weight: 500 kg

Dimensions: 310x240x240 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Caribbean Airlines Cargo

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 500 kg max weight

Dimensions: Controlled per aircraft via Caribbean Airlines' API

Type of rates offered: Standard

Cathay Pacific Cargo

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 10,000 kg, under 5035 kg/piece

Dimensions: 300x244x318 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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 kg

Dimensions: dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Coyne Airways

Product: General Cargo, pharma, lithium batteries, perishables, temperature control

Weight: 2,500 kg

Dimensions: 195x224x318 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

DANX Carousel

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 380 kg/piece

Dimensions: dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Delta Cargo

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

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

EGYPTAIR Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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

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

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.

Euroasian Cargo (GSA)

Product: General cargo

Weight: under 4000/piece

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered:

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: 6,000 kg CHW

Dimensions: 30 CBM

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Fits Cargo

Product: General Cargo

Weight: 150 kg/piece

Dimensions: 100x100x100 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Hainan Airlines - Represented by GSA Euro Cargo Aviation

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

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, Spot Rates(*)

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

(*) Spot rates are only available from:

United Kingdom and Ireland – WB: 100 – 2,000 kg

Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands) – WB: 300 – 2,000 kg

North America – WB: 100 – 2,000 kg

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

JetBlue Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Juneyao Airlines - Represented by GSA Euro Cargo Aviation

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

KUB Air Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight: 1,000 kg/piece

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

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.

MNG Airlines

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Nippon Cargo Airways

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

Plus Ultra/Summerwind

Product: General cargo

Weight: 300 kg/piece

Dimensions: 160x120x312 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Qantas Freight

Product: General cargo

Weight: No restrictions

Dimensions: N/A

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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, Q-Plus*

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

(*) Available countries for Q-Plus are: DE, NL, ES, IT, FR, US, GB, IN, BE, VN, MY, TR, PH, FI, NO, AE, QA, HU, AU

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)

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

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, Ion and Metal Battery shipments with some commodities (8506-4 (UN3091) and 8506-9 (UN3481))

Weight: 10,000 kg

Dimensions: 244x318x295cm (PMC Pallet)

Type of rates offered: Standard

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

Singapore Airlines

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Swiss Cargo

Product: General cargo, pharma with temperature control

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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.

Thai Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight: 1000 kg/piece

Dimensions: 150x150x150 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Tianjin Airlines - Represented by GSA Euro Cargo Aviation

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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.

United Cargo

Product: General cargo

Weight: 300 kg

Dimensions: 160x260x300cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Virgin Atlantic Cargo

Product: General cargo, perishables, temperature control

Weight: 10,000 kg, 4,000 kg/piece

Dimensions: 160x240x300 cm

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Widerøe

Product: General cargo

Weight: 300 kg/piece

Dimensions: N/A

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

World Cargo Airlines (in association with Aviation GSA)

Product: General cargo, dangerous goods, lithium batteries

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

Xiamen Air

Product: General cargo

Weight: Dependent on aircraft type

Dimensions: Dependent on aircraft type

Type of rates offered: Standard, Express

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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