Virgin Australia Cargo moves freight through the Virgin Australia domestic network, using specialist cargo terminals at all major Australian airports. It carries single pieces up to 60 kilograms airport to airport, so it is an air service for urgent freight rather than a general freight network. FreightExchange gives your team one screen to quote, book and track it, alongside every other carrier on your account.
Most urgent consignments start life as an order that already exists in another system. FreightExchange connects to your ERP, CRM or online store and builds the consignment from that order, so the rate, the label and the manifest happen in one step instead of three. The same connection covers the rest of your carriers, so nothing gets keyed twice. See the plugins and integrations we support.
There are two ways to ship Virgin Australia Cargo through FreightExchange. Bring your own account, which needs a FreightExchange subscription and keeps the rates you have already negotiated with the carrier. Or book on our broker rates, which is worth doing when they beat what you are paying now. Booking, labels and tracking work the same either way.
Use Virgin Australia Cargo when one piece has to cross the country today and road freight will not get there in time. It is part of the Virgin Australia Group and works out of cargo terminals at all major Australian airports.
Three services are named. Same day carries general cargo, urgent medical supplies and permitted dangerous goods on a flight you choose. Perishable transport covers fruit, vegetables, flowers, plants, seafood and fresh meat. Pet and animal travel is handled separately. Full detail sits on the Virgin Australia Cargo pages.
The ceiling decides most of it. Same day and perishable freight are limited to 60 kilograms a piece, and animal transport to 65 kilograms including the container and its attachments.
Capacity also depends on the aircraft flying the route. Virgin Australia publishes typical cargo capacity of 700 kilograms on a Fokker 100, 900 kilograms on an Embraer 190 or Fokker 70, and about 2,000 kilograms on a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320.
If your freight moves as pallets, pick a road carrier from the carrier panel instead. Virgin Australia does not accept bookings for international services.
Whether you bring your own account or book on our rates, your warehouse gets one place to book, one set of labels and manifests, and one record of what each consignment actually cost.