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Global air freight

Next flight out. Anywhere.

Charter, next-flight-out and consolidated air freight to 220+ countries, cleared through customs before the wheels are up.

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Live tracking

Know exactly where it is. Every second.

Every consignment carries a live scan trail. Enter your tracking number for real-time status, current location and an accurate ETA.

UK consignments start SLX, international start SLE.

Track a consignment

Enter your tracking number to see its live journey.

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Moving critical freight

Services

Every kind of urgent, handled properly.

Six specialist lanes, one network. Whatever the consignment, it moves under the same standard of care.

  • Same-day dedicated

    One driver, one vehicle, direct from A to B. Nothing else on board.

    From 60 min collection

  • International express

    Air-freight priority lanes into 220+ countries with customs handled end to end.

    220+ countries

  • Legal & confidential

    Chain-of-custody documents, contracts and tenders moved under signature.

    Signed, sealed, audited

  • Business contracts

    Scheduled multi-drop routes and account billing for teams shipping daily.

    Dedicated account lead

  • Temperature critical

    Pharma, clinical samples and perishables in monitored cold-chain packaging.

    2–8 °C monitored

  • Pallets & freight

    Tail-lift vehicles and full-load capacity for oversized and heavy consignments.

    Up to 26 pallets

Why Speed Link

Trusted with the shipments that cannot fail.

Hospitals, law firms, film studios and manufacturers rely on us when a missed delivery is not an option.

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  • On-time or explained

    Delivery windows are contractual, not aspirational. Every exception is reported before you notice it.

  • Live GPS visibility

    Vehicle-level tracking with scan events, driver ETA and photographic proof of delivery.

  • Insured to £25,000

    Goods-in-transit cover as standard, with higher limits available for high-value freight.

  • Humans, 24/7

    A named coordinator answers in under 30 seconds — no queues, no chatbots, no scripts.

  • Vetted couriers

    DBS-checked, uniformed drivers trained in secure and confidential handling.

  • Carbon balanced

    Every UK mile offset, with an expanding electric fleet across urban routes.

Business solutions

Logistics built around how your business actually runs.

From a single urgent envelope to a full contract logistics programme, we design the route, the paperwork and the reporting around your operation — not the other way around.

Team scanning parcels inside a bright Speed Link distribution centre

Farnborough hub

42,000 sq ft of storage, dispatch and cross-dock capacity.

  • Business accounts

    Credit terms, consolidated invoicing, contractual SLAs and a named account manager on speed dial.

    • 30-day terms
    • Bespoke SLAs
    • Monthly reporting
  • Warehousing & fulfilment

    Bonded and ambient storage with pick-and-pack, same-day dispatch cut-offs and live stock visibility.

    • Ambient & bonded
    • Pick and pack
    • Live stock feed
  • E-commerce logistics

    Label generation, branded tracking pages and a returns portal that plugs straight into your store.

    • Bulk labels
    • Branded tracking
    • Returns portal
  • Customs & compliance

    Export documentation, duties and clearance prepared before the consignment ever leaves your dock.

    • EORI support
    • Duty & VAT
    • Dangerous goods
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Typical onboarding: under 48 hours from first call.

Air freight

When the deadline is measured in hours, we put it on a plane.

Next-flight-out and charter capacity out of Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester and Farnborough. Customs paperwork is filed while the driver is still en route to the terminal, so your consignment never waits for a document.

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airside cut-off

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Direct lanes

airports served

2–8°C
Temperature control

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Flight booking

We move your cargo. We can move your people too.

Speed Link Travel books corporate and leisure flights on the same account as your freight — one relationship, one invoice, one number to call when a plan changes at midnight.

London → Dubai

Direct · 7h 05m · Business

£1,480

Manchester → New York

Direct · 8h 10m · Premium

£980

London → Singapore

Direct · 13h 20m · Business

£2,140

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Corporate travel

Fare holds, visa guidance and 24/7 rebooking when the itinerary breaks.

Worldwide coverage

Nine hubs. One network. Two hundred and twenty destinations.

Hover a hub to see what it handles. Every lane below is operated on scheduled capacity we hold ourselves, which is why we can commit to a delivery window instead of an estimate.

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  • Farnborough
  • Amsterdam
  • New York
  • Dubai
  • Singapore
  • Hong Kong
  • São Paulo
  • Johannesburg
  • Sydney

How it works

Four steps between your desk and their door.

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    Book in seconds

    Tell us the pickup, destination and deadline. You get a fixed price instantly — no hidden surcharges.

  2. 02

    We collect

    A vetted driver is dispatched to the nearest point on the network, typically within 60 minutes.

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    In motion

    Your consignment moves on a dedicated route with live GPS and scan events at every handover.

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    Delivered & proven

    Signature, timestamp and photo proof of delivery land in your inbox the moment it arrives.

4.9 / 5 from 2,100+ businesses

A theatre print missed its freight slot at 6pm. Speed Link had it in Edinburgh before the doors opened. They have never once let us down since.

Marcus ElleryHead of Logistics, Northgate Studios

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Trusted by operations teams at

  • NORTHFIELD
  • ARCLINE
  • MERIDIAN
  • KESTREL
  • BLACKWOOD
  • AVANTI
  • HALDANE
  • ORBIS
  • VECTOR
  • STANMORE

Get moving

Send it today. Prove it tomorrow.

Tell us what needs to move and where. You'll have a fixed quote and a collection window within minutes.