Indian founded platform connects everyday moving needs with flexible income opportunities for drivers across Melbourne.

Melbourne’s AirMove Redefines Moving for a New Economy.
On any given weekend across Melbourne, the scene is familiar. A family secures a sofa through Facebook Marketplace. A student prepares to relocate to a new share house. A small business needs urgent stock transport.
Yet the same question often follows: how do you move a single item without paying for a full removalist service?

Traditional removal companies are largely designed for large household relocations, often involving trucks, crews, and minimum charges that make smaller moves expensive and inconvenient. For many people, moving a single item becomes a frustrating process of phone calls, quotes, and uncertain pricing.

It was this everyday problem that prompted Melbourne based entrepreneur Raj Pahwa to launch AirMove, a digital platform designed to make moving goods as simple as booking a ride.
With more than 17 years of experience in logistics and last mile delivery, Pahwa recognised a gap between what customers needed and what the market offered. At the same time, he observed another overlooked opportunity: many owner drivers possessed vans, utes, or small trucks that were not being fully utilised.

AirMove was created to bridge these two realities.
Through the platform, customers enter details of what they need moved, whether it is a sofa, fridge, treadmill, dining table, or business inventory. The system calculates size and weight requirements and allocates an appropriate vehicle along with the required manpower. Transparent pricing and real time tracking remove much of the uncertainty traditionally associated with small transport jobs. More information about the platform can be found at www.airmove.com.au.

For customers, the experience is designed to be simple, clear, and efficient. For drivers, the platform creates flexible earning opportunities by connecting them with consistent job demand.
In a time when rising housing costs, fuel prices, and household expenses are placing pressure on families across Australia, this model offers value on both sides of the equation: convenience for customers and income flexibility for drivers.

To understand the vision behind the platform, G’day India spoke with founder Raj Pahwa about the idea, the challenges it addresses, and the future of flexible work.
Founder Q and A with Raj Pahwa.
Q: What gap in the market did you identify that led to AirMove?
A: After more than 17 years in logistics and last mile delivery, I noticed two clear gaps. Customers often struggled when they needed to move just one or two items. Traditional removalists are structured for full house relocations, which makes small moves unnecessarily expensive and complicated.
At the same time, many owner drivers had vans, utes, or small trucks but faced inconsistent work. They had the vehicles and the willingness to work, but no efficient system connecting them to demand.
AirMove was created to bridge that gap by simplifying small item moves for customers while creating structured earning opportunities for drivers.
Q: How does AirMove respond to the current cost of living pressures?
A: Cost of living pressures are affecting many households across Australia. AirMove addresses this in two ways.
For customers, the platform keeps costs efficient by matching the right vehicle to the job, meaning people only pay for what they actually need.
For drivers, it creates flexible income opportunities. Anyone who owns a van, ute, or box truck can turn that vehicle into an earning asset and work around their own schedule. In a time when many families need additional income streams, that flexibility can make a meaningful difference.
Q: What does flexible work mean to you personally?
A: To me, flexible work represents dignity and choice. Not everyone can commit to rigid nine to five structures. People have family responsibilities, studies, and different life circumstances.
Flexibility allows individuals to decide when and how they earn. A parent might work after school drop off, a student may take jobs on weekends, and others can supplement their income without compromising their primary commitments.
It is not simply convenience. It is empowerment.
Q: As a migrant entrepreneur, what values shaped the platform?
A: Migrating to Australia teaches you resilience very quickly. You learn to adapt, work hard, and build from the ground up.
The Indian community in particular carries strong values around entrepreneurship, independence, and family responsibility. AirMove reflects those principles. It is built on fairness, transparency, and opportunity.
My goal was to create a platform that respects both the customer’s money and the driver’s effort, while contributing positively to the community.
Q: What is your long-term vision for AirMove in Australia?
A: The long-term vision is for AirMove to become the preferred platform for moving goods, much like ride sharing transformed how people travel.
Beyond scale, the goal is impact. We want to create thousands of flexible earning opportunities across Australia while making moving simpler and more affordable for everyday Australians.
Ultimately, AirMove is not only about transporting goods. It is about creating opportunity.

As Australia continues to navigate economic pressures and changing work patterns, platforms such as AirMove reflect a broader shift towards technology driven convenience and flexible employment models.
For Raj Pahwa, the mission remains simple: remove the stress from every day moving while building a system that allows effort, technology, and opportunity to work together.

Tonee Sethi