Air Cargo Charter and Freight Solutions

Air cargo charter provides dedicated aircraft capacity when scheduled belly cargo cannot meet your volume, timing or handling requirements. Through the IONA JETS platform, your shipment request is routed to broker partners who specialize in freight logistics across all commodity types. They source the right freighter category, coordinate ground handling at origin and destination, manage customs documentation and monitor the shipment from warehouse collection to final delivery. Whether you are shipping standard palletized goods or highly regulated cargo, the network covers the full spectrum.

• Standard and express freight: General commercial cargo on dedicated freighters with structured ground handling, palletization coordination and customs clearance at both ends of the route. For time-critical shipments, broker partners coordinate urgent AOG recovery with rapid deployment for aviation components, manufacturing production line emergencies and critical spare parts, plus onboard courier (OBC) hand-carry services where a professional courier hand-carries your item throughout the entire journey from origin facility to final delivery point.
• Temperature-controlled and regulated cargo: Pharmaceutical cold chain transport with active and passive temperature-controlled containers under GDP compliance and continuous monitoring from facility to facility. Perishable produce and live seafood with phytosanitary documentation and customs clearance. Dangerous goods across all nine IATA DGR hazard classes with certified operators, UN-approved packaging and documented handling procedures. Humanitarian relief cargo into disaster zones with remote airfield access capability.
• Heavy lift and live animals: Outsize industrial equipment including turbine components, transformers, mining machinery and construction modules loaded onto nose-loading or ramp-equipped heavy-lift freighters with certified loadmaster coordination and precision rigging. Live animal transport under IATA Live Animals Regulations (LAR) with purpose-built equine stalls, climate-controlled compartments for livestock and exotics, veterinary documentation and CITES permit coordination.

Shipping cargo by charter aircraft through IONA JETS follows a clear process at every stage. Submit your shipment details through the cargo request form, specifying commodity type, weight, dimensions, origin, destination and any regulatory requirements. Broker partners assess your shipment profile, source the appropriate freighter aircraft and respond with proposals through your Client Portal. Review options, compare pricing and timelines, and accept the offer that fits your logistics requirements. From acceptance to delivery, your broker partner coordinates the flight.

• End-to-end coordination: Broker partners manage the complete logistics chain from warehouse collection, cargo screening and palletization at origin through export customs clearance, airport cargo acceptance, loading supervision, flight monitoring and ground delivery at destination. For multimodal shipments requiring combined air and surface transport, they coordinate trucking connections, bonded warehousing and cross-dock handling at transit points so your cargo moves through a single managed and documented process from first mile to last mile.
• Regulatory compliance: Broker partners work with cargo operators holding the specific certifications and authorizations required for your commodity type and route. This includes GDP accreditation for pharmaceutical freight, IATA DGR certification and Shipper's Declaration documentation for hazardous materials, IATA LAR compliance with veterinary health certificates for live animal shipments, phytosanitary clearance and treatment certificates for agricultural produce, and security screening protocols that meet ICAO and national aviation authority requirements at each transit point along the route.
• Transparent pricing: Cargo charter costs depend on aircraft type, route distance, payload weight, fuel stop requirements, ground handling at origin and destination, customs processing complexity, overflight and landing permit fees and any special equipment or temperature control needed during transit. Broker partners provide detailed itemized proposals breaking down each cost component individually so you can evaluate the full economics of the shipment, identify where savings are possible and compare options from different operators on a like-for-like basis before committing.