Executive summary
A Tier 1 supplier supporting a major OEM engine manufacturing program faced an urgent line-down risk when critical components needed to arrive faster than a dedicated truck could deliver (overnight). The customer contacted Loadflex for a same-day solution to protect production.
Loadflex quickly executed a domestic charter move, coordinating rapid pickup, time-definite air charter and tightly managed ground transport to deliver the freight the same day. The result was line-down avoidance, uninterrupted production, and the customer maintaining its service commitments.
Loadflex solution
Loadflex executed a time-definite domestic air charter with coordinated hot-shot ground legs on both ends to beat overnight trucking and eliminate line-down risk.
We provided a single end-to-end quote, rapid dispatch and tight handoff control — on-site supervision at pickup, airport coordination and immediate final-mile transfer — with proactive milestone updates from approval through POD, ensuring speed, visibility and chain of custody throughout the move.
Quick timeline (EST)
- Request received
- Full end-to-end quote delivered
- Client approval received
- Team on site at pickup
- Freight loaded / tendered
- Aircraft wheels down (positioned / ready)
- Freight loaded onto aircraft
- Wheels up
- Wheels down (destination)
- Reloaded to truck for final mile
- Delivered to final / POD confirmed
Loaded at pickup 12:53 EST → delivered final 18:20 EST: 5 hours 27 minutes total loaded-to-delivered transit time.