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Which temperature-controlled goods you can ship per airline
Which temperature-controlled goods you can ship per airline

A breakdown of the different temperature-controlled goods you can ship with different airlines, including pharma, dry ice, meat, and dairy

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Written by Joe Marris
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Many airlines on WebCargo now offer the capability to make eBookings for temperature-controlled goods directly from the platform.

In this article, you'll find a breakdown of each of the offerings per airline. Click on the below hyperlinks to jump to each airline.

airBaltic offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Fish, Fresh Or Chilled, Excluding Fish Fillets And Other Fish Meat Of Heading

Fish - Salmon

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Cereals

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts.

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.,

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Sugars and sugar confectionery

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Miscellaneous edible preparations. (Dairy or other foodstuffs)

Beverages, spirits and vinegar

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

Air France/KLM offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

Dry Ice: request is sent to AF/KLM but should be managed offline with them post-eBooking.

Avianca offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Coyne Airways offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

Emirates SkyCargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (Perishables)

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder.

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Dry Ice: Yes

Pharmaceutical

Pharma AXS shipments

Etihad Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Preparations of meat, fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Miscellaneous edible preparations. (Dairy or other foodstuffs)

Pharmaceutical

Organic chemicals (Passive Temp. Control)

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

Dry Ice: request is sent to Etihad but should be managed offline with them post-eBooking.

IAG Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Dry ice: Yes

ITA Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental folia

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts.

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.,

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Sugars and sugar confectionery

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Lufthansa Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or include

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

Miscellaneous edible preparations. (Dairy or other foodstuffs)

Pharmaceutical

Organic chemicals (Passive Temp. Control)

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

Equipment

Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

Dry ice: Yes

Qatar Airways Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

Accompanied Human Remains Uncremated

Unaccompanied Human Remains Uncremated

Fish – Salmon

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

SAS Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (Perishables)

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts.

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.,

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Sugars and sugar confectionery

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Miscellaneous edible preparations. (Dairy or other foodstuffs)

Pharmaceutical

Temp. control (COL, CRT and ERT)

Dry ice: Yes (SHC)

Swiss World Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

TAP Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; and edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots, and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage

Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten (Perishables)

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts.

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.,

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

Preparations of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Sugars and sugar confectionery

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Miscellaneous edible preparations. (Dairy or other foodstuffs)

Dry ice: No

Pharmaceutical

Pharma with temperature control*

*(Currently only available from Europe to the United States)

Virgin Atlantic Cargo offers the following for temperature-controlled shipments:

Perishables

Meat and edible meat offal

Meat and edible meat offal

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates

Fish, Fresh Or Chilled, Excluding Fish Fillets And Other Fish Meat Of Heading

Fish - Salmon

Dairy produces; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melon

Coffee, tea, mate, and spices

Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Lac; gums, resins, and other vegetable saps and extracts.

Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.,

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Preparations of meat, fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.

Sugars and sugar confectionery

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Miscellaneous edible preparations. (Dairy or other foodstuffs)

Pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical products (Passive Temp. Control)

Want to find out more about shipping temperature-controlled goods? Have a look at these articles:

How to ship temperature-controlled goods

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