Who we are
Zambian company. Chinese warehouse. One line between them.
AITRANSIT is not a broker forwarding your cargo to somebody else. We take it in at our own counter in Guangzhou, fly it on our own bookings, clear it ourselves, and hand it to you in Makeni. The same company at both ends of the journey.
- 2
- airports we load from
- 2
- hubs we connect through
- 5-12
- days, China to Lusaka
Our story
Built by people who got tired of losing boxes
Everybody buying from China in Zambia has the same three stories. The supplier who took the deposit and went quiet. The carton that arrived open. The bill for duty nobody mentioned when the price was quoted.
AITRANSIT was built by Zambians on both ends of that route to take those three stories off the table. We put a warehouse in Baiyun District so there is somewhere real for your supplier to deliver — a counter, a scale, a camera. We photograph every consignment before it flies and again when it lands, so condition is a matter of record rather than of memory. And we settle the duty ourselves, so the figure we quote is the figure you pay.
We are a small company and we answer our own telephones. If something goes wrong, you will speak to somebody who can actually go and look at your cargo.
What we hold ourselves to
Four things, and we publish all of them
Not values on a wall. Each of these is enforced by the system that runs the business, and you can check every one of them from your own account.
Duty is in the price
Our rate covers freight and import duty to our Lusaka warehouse. There is no second bill when it lands.
Weighed on our own scale
In Guangzhou when we take it in, and again in Lusaka. The Lusaka weight is what you are charged on, and you can see both.
Photographed both ends
Every consignment, every time. If something arrives damaged, there is a picture of what it looked like before it flew.
7 free days, then it is charged
Storage is free for 7 days after check-in, then USD 2 a day. We tell you before it starts, not after.
The route
Where your cargo actually goes
There is no non-stop freighter between China and Zambia. Your cargo leaves Guangzhou or Hong Kong, changes aircraft at a hub, and lands in Lusaka. Which hub depends on the space we can get that week — here is the whole network.
Tap an airport — or tab through them — to see what happens at each one.
CANDXBLUN
Guangzhou → Dubai → Lusaka
- First leg
- 5,840 km
- Second leg
- 5,380 km
- In the air
- 11,220 km
CANADDLUN
Guangzhou → Addis Ababa → Lusaka
- First leg
- 8,040 km
- Second leg
- 2,940 km
- In the air
- 10,980 km
HKGDXBLUN
Hong Kong → Dubai → Lusaka
- First leg
- 5,950 km
- Second leg
- 5,380 km
- In the air
- 11,330 km
HKGADDLUN
Hong Kong → Addis Ababa → Lusaka
- First leg
- 8,140 km
- Second leg
- 2,940 km
- In the air
- 11,080 km
Distances are great-circle, between the airports themselves. Which hub your cargo connects at depends on the space we can get that week — we book whichever gets it to you soonest, and your tracking page names the flight it actually went on.
On the earth
The same route, spinning
Drag it. The aircraft are on the real great circles between the real airports.
Inside the operation
Nine things happen to your box, and you can watch eight of them
From the moment your supplier puts it on our counter to the moment you sign for it, every step is recorded against your tracking number — with the date, the batch and the flight.
- 01
Your supplier delivers
They drop the goods at our Guangzhou counter. That is the whole of your part.
- 02
We book it in
Weighed, counted, photographed and labelled with the tracking number you follow it by.
- 03
It goes on a loading table
Guangzhou or Hong Kong, chosen by what the cargo is — not by you, and not at random.
- 04
The flight is booked
Airline, flight number and waybill recorded against your consignment.
- 05
It flies and it connects
Out of China to Dubai or Addis Ababa, then onward to Lusaka on the next available lift.
- 06
We clear it
Duty settled by us at Kenneth Kaunda International. No second bill for you.
- 07
Checked in at Makeni
Every package counted against the manifest and weighed again on our scale.
- 08
Priced and invoiced
Finance confirms the figure. Your invoice keeps the rate it was raised at, permanently.
- 09
You collect
Pickup note scanned against your cargo at the counter, and photographed as it leaves.
The one you cannot watch is the clearing — customs is not ours to show. Everything else turns up on your tracking page as it happens. Try it with a tracking number.
The people
Three numbers, three people, both countries
Not a contact form that goes nowhere. These are the people who answer, on WeChat and WhatsApp, in China and in Zambia.
Clergy
China · Guangzhou
At the Guangzhou warehouse. Speak to them about suppliers, collections, inspection and what to send.
Innocent
Zambia · Lusaka
At the Makeni warehouse. Speak to them about arrival, payment, collection and anything that has gone wrong.
Chris
China · Guangzhou
At the Guangzhou warehouse. Speak to them about suppliers, collections, inspection and what to send.
Guangzhou
Where your supplier delivers
A counter, a scale and a camera in Baiyun District. Your supplier delivers here and we take it from there — we can also collect from them, inspect what they sent, repack it and pay them on your behalf.
- No. 30 Dayuan North Road, Dayuan Street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou (Blocks A3, A6, A7)
- Charm East Freight Market (30-3), Block A3, Shop 110
- Send your supplier the Chinese address — their driver reads it off a phone at the gate.
Lusaka
Where you collect
Makeni, off Chifundo Road, behind Finca Bank. Duty is already settled by the time your cargo reaches this floor, so collection is a matter of paying the invoice you were shown and signing for the boxes.
- Makeni, Off Chifundo Road, Behind Finca Bank, Lusaka, Zambia
- Storage free for 7 days, then USD 2 a day.
- Bring your pickup note and ID. We scan it against your cargo before it leaves.
Start with us
Send one carton and see
You do not have to move your whole business at once. Price a consignment, send your supplier our address, and watch it come.