Airfreight
Connect your Business with the World
Our goal is to simplify your supply chain by providing stress-free logistics solutions. Hence, we offer simple airfreight solutions for local and global industries, powered by over 15 years of freight forwarding experience. Comex is here to keep your cargo moving so you can focus on growing your business.
Reliable and Flexible
Door-to-Door Service
Whether you’re importing fresh fish from Indonesia or exporting time-sensitive cargo from the U.S., we can arrange a seamless door-to-door delivery service anywhere in the U.S. We’re here to keep your cargo moving so you can focus on growing your business.
Value Added Services
We can provide additional services such as cargo insurance, customs brokerage, trucking, or special handling for non-standard cargo.
Personalized Solutions
Global Network
We offer weekly flights from major cities in Europe, Latin America, and Asia to cities in the United States, including Los Angeles. This includes live air freight tracking, allowing you to monitor every point in your cargo’s journey to the U.S.
Warehousing and Distribution
Our warehouse facility in Carson, CA, is equipped to handle transloads, consolidations, and distribution of goods to all 48 contiguous states, Canada, and Mexico.
Shipping tips
Airfreight Shipping Tips
Here are some helpful shipping tips that we put together for first-time importers shipping through LAX and airports across the U.S.
Airport Fees
The rate you pay for air freight sometimes does not include airline or airport fees once your goods arrive at the airport. Double-check this when booking to avoid unwanted surprises.
Should you Ship via Air?
Make sure it makes economic sense to ship via air. Sometimes, low-value, dense, and heavy cargo is better shipped via ocean freight unless transit time and speed are a priority.
Dangerous Goods
If your freight has a hazardous good classification, your first step in verifying its legality for air freight transport is to provide the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). This includes designating the correct UN (United Nations) and NA (North America) classification numbers.
Accurate Dimensions
Accurate cargo dimensions and weight are critical to a carrier’s ability to load and secure your cargo and operate the aircraft both legally and safely. Inaccurate payload data requires additional verification or load rebuilding, causing costly delays at the airport or cancellation altogether.
Known Shipper Program
We can transport your cargo on passenger aircraft if you’re a TSA Known Shipper. Your cargo must fly on passenger-only aircraft if you lack approval from TSA, which will limit your flight options. We can submit an online application to become “known” on your behalf to TSA for their review. It requires submitting various details such as your legal business name, physical address, and a designated contact person.
Lithium Batteries
We and IATA classify lithium batteries as dangerous goods under UN3480 and UN3481. We do not ship batteries by themselves (meaning alone and not installed in a device or packed with the device they will power) as cargo on a passenger aircraft. Therefore, when we ship lithium-ion cells and batteries by themselves, we keep their state of charge at no more than 30% of their rated capacity.
CONNECT YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE WORLD
Airports We Serve
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