What Is NFO Shipping and When Would I Need It?
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When you’re trying to ship something to the other side of the world, it is more difficult than just shipping something to another city in your country. The options that you would normally choose from, such as next day or same day service, aren’t available to you when you need to ship something fast to another continent. Instead, you need to look into Minnesota courier services that offer something called NFO shipping if you need to ship far away as fast as you can.
NFO means next flight out. Whenever you’re trying to ship something over a long distance, you’re obviously going to need to choose an air delivery service in order to get it there in a short period of time. Because it’s going to take most airlines the same amount of time to travel a similar distance, the time that you save when you have different options in air service is usually made before your package ever gets in the air. NFO means that the courier company is going to try and make sure that happens as soon as possible.
The interesting thing is that even though the package is supposed to be on the next flight out, different courier companies can sometimes get you different NFO times. Since this is clearly a shipping method where speed is of the highest priority, it can be very useful to take the time to learn which companies are going to be able to get you the best possible NFO times.
First, a company that uses more than one airport to look at the NFO times is going to be able to sometimes get you faster shipping. If a flight is leaving from one airport before the other, and that courier does business with both, they are going to get you a much faster delivery time than the company that only deals with the single airport.
Another thing to consider is that sometimes you might place your order very close to the actual time that the flight is leaving. If your package missed that flight, it could be hours, or even a full day before the next one leaves, depending on where you are shipping from and to. Therefore, a courier with lower response times can be an important part of getting the best possible NFO delivery times. If they can get your package to the airport faster, there is a much lower chance of your shipment being delayed.