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The need to streamline operations in the airfreight industry was revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which sparked accelerated digitalization as stakeholders were forced to navigate congested ports, surging demand for airfreight capacity and labor shortages. The archaic method of booking capacity among stakeholders — freight forwarders and ground handlers included — has been quickly replaced
Germany-based e-booking platform cargo.one aims to optimize digital booking processes by introducing auto-assigned air waybill (AWB) numbers, with Lufthansa Cargo as its inaugural launch partner. Starting today, shippers and forwarders booking shipments with Lufthansa Cargo can now have an AWB number — which is required for booking — digitally assigned to them with the booking
U.K.-based IAG Cargo is the latest cargo carrier to join Germany-based cargo.one’s e-booking platform, giving freight forwarders access to trans-Atlantic and Latin American capacity on IAG’s subsidiary airlines including British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus. Freight forwarders will have access to IAG's cargo capacity in early spring, starting with European markets, a cargo.one spokesperson told
Singapore Airlines is partnering with Germany-based digital airfreight booking platform cargo.one, with SIA Cargo’s capacity expected to become available for booking via cargo.one’s marketplace in July. Photo courtesy of cargo.one “This pandemic has underlined the importance of digitalization and accelerated the demand for digital cargo bookings,” Chin Yau Seng, senior vice president for cargo at
AirBridgeCargo’s digital bookings soar 274% increase in digital bookings in 2021 as opposed to 2020 results.