# Air freight quoting software for forwarders

> Air freight quotes from your per-kg airline and co-loader rates, with fuel and security surcharges added and chargeable weight checked before anyone sends it.

Air requests are short and urgent: "800 kg garment samples, HKG to FRA, needed this week." The price depends on details the email often leaves out, like the dimensions, and on surcharges that move with fuel. Fretie reads the request, prices it from your per-kg airline and co-loader rates, and tells you what is missing before the quote goes out.

Air rates sit in the same ledger as your ocean and road rates, each with validity dates, so the agent matches a valid rate for the airport pair and applies your air margin rule.

## Priced per kilo from your rates

Airline and co-loader rates are held per kg for each airport pair, with fuel and security surcharges from your tables as per-kg or flat charges. The quote shows the rate it matched, each surcharge and the margin rule that applied.

## Chargeable weight flagged, not guessed

Air is charged on the greater of gross weight and volumetric weight at 1:6, which is 167 kg per CBM. When a request gives weight but no dimensions, the completeness check flags it, so the customer hears that the price may move on actuals before they book.

## A reply while the cargo is still urgent

The priced draft is ready in seconds for a person to check and send. A request with no valid rate goes to the exception queue with the missing lane named, so nobody promises a rate you do not have.

## What you get

- Per-kg airline and co-loader rates by airport pair
- Fuel and security surcharges as per-kg or flat charges
- Chargeable weight check at 1:6, 167 kg per CBM
- Dangerous goods flagged when the quote has no DG line
- Margin rules for air by customer or lane
- Drafted replies for a person to review and send

## Frequently asked questions

### How does Fretie handle chargeable weight?

Air is charged on the greater of gross and volumetric weight at 1:6, or 167 kg per CBM. When a request is missing weight or volume, Fretie flags that the chargeable weight cannot be confirmed, so the quote can say the price may change on actuals.

### Can it quote dangerous goods by air?

It will not hide the problem. If the email mentions hazardous cargo and the quote has no DG line, the completeness check flags it on the draft and cites the rule, so a person adds the DG charges before sending.

### Where do the air rates come from?

From the rates you load: airline contracts, co-loader sheets and spot rates, as CSV, Excel or PDF. Document AI turns a PDF rate sheet into rows for your team to review before they go into the ledger.

### Does it send the quote to the customer?

No. Fretie drafts the reply. Someone on your team checks it and sends it.

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Source: https://fretie.com/features/air-freight-quoting-software