In 2022, Swiss transport and logistics company Kuehne + Nagel was ranked as the world's largest air freight forwarder with a volume of more than 2.23 million metric tons. It was closely followed by the German DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding with approximately 1.9 million metric tons of freights that year.
The world's leading air freight forwarders in 2022, based on volume
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