For Foreign Trade Air Freight to Middle East: Choose a Good Forwarder After Lessons

If you do foreign trade and ship by air freight to Middle East, you won’t know a good freight forwarder until you’ve fallen into hundreds of traps.

What’s your first impression of freight forwarders? Just picking up goods or acting as purchasing agents? If we add the word “international” — international freight forwarder — does it sound much more professional? But “international” here is not what you might think. It is an indispensable part of the whole foreign trade process, escorting your export goods.

Do you know how important it is to find a reliable freight forwarder for air freight to Middle East? Which matters more to you: price, service, transit time, or safety?

Direct flights changed to connecting flights, air freight switched to sea freight, general goods mixed with sensitive cargo, dangerous goods declared as general cargo, subcontracting without permission… I’m not targeting any company. If the shoe fits, wear it.

But I believe this job needs conscience most. Freight forwarders are all smart. Really good ones are extremely smart.

A good forwarder will guide you and grow with you.

A bad one will trick you and teach you all the “36 Stratagems” — hiding a knife in a smile, replacing the beams with rotten timbers, fishing in troubled waters, robbing a burning house, hitting a man when he’s down, creating something out of nothing. When problems come, they run away.

You only understand all this after hundreds of bad experiences.

Take DL International Logistics as an example. We’ve been in this industry for years, so we know every trick I mentioned above.

Some people just don’t get it. They think these tricks are shortcuts to make money. But quick profits without conscience never last long.

We have our own 20,000㎡ foreign trade warehouse at Yantian Port in Shenzhen, and our own trucking team. We can pick up goods from the factory and deliver to the airport in just 6–8 hours on average. Our scale ranks among the top 3% in the industry.

Some people say we’re overdoing it. They don’t understand: we take air freight to Middle East as our lifelong career.

Most facilities can be rented, and many peers prefer an asset-light model. But we chose to build our own to make air freight to Middle East perfect. That’s part of our real strength. You’re welcome to visit us via video or on-site anytime.

On the other hand, even with so many traps and high costs, foreign trade companies shipping to Dubai still have to use air freight.

Shipping 1kg from Shenzhen to Dubai costs more than 10 times of sea freight.

But why do 35% of the world’s high-value goods still choose air freight?

When Australian lobsters, Dutch flowers, or exhibition samples are racing against time, the high cost of air freight becomes a wise investment.

For pharmaceutical cold chain, air freight reduces vaccine validity loss from 30% (by sea) to only 2%. The cost saved per dose is far more than the shipping fee. Speed is the top advantage of air freight.

Sea freight has a low accident rate, but once containers fall into the sea, goods are almost totally lost. The air cargo loss rate is only 0.0001%.

More importantly, air freight provides full-process temperature control, shockproof protection, and real-time tracking. For chips, precision instruments and other sensitive goods, this safety premium is worth far more than the price difference.

However, all these benefits only work if you choose the right freight forwarder for air freight to Middle East.

There are about 60,000 freight forwarders in Shenzhen, and over 1,000 focusing on air freight to Middle East. Quality varies widely. There are always bad forwarders hiding sensitive or dangerous goods inside general cargo.

Take DL Logistics as an example. 80% of our customers place orders again after just one cooperation. They truly feel our sincere and reliable service.

Today, we have nearly 100 employees. We bought the entire 8th floor (1,800 ㎡) of Block B, Rongde Times Square in Shenzhen, fully paid. We are among the top 5% in the industry.

If you need air freight to Middle East, why worry about choosing a forwarder like us?