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Finnair Cargo joins air cargo spot booking platform cargo.one
Finnair Cargo is today announcing that it has joined forces with online air cargo booking platform cargo.one to offer spot bookings for customers from 2019 onwards. The big announcement comes as IATA’s World Cargo Symposium kicks off in Singapore.
Update 2 Sep 2019: Finnair offers are now available at cargo.one for freight forwarders in Germany and Finland. You can visit the Finnair signup page at cargo.one.
The revolutionary new cargo.one platform enables freight forwarders to book spot market capacities at live prices and with immediate booking confirmation. The move by Finnair Cargo is a strong signal of its intention to support ground-breaking new digital initiatives that benefit air cargo customers.
The new cargo.one platform allows Finnair Cargo to respond to the growing demand from air freight customers for easier real-time bookings, while improving operational efficiency and maximising utilisation of capacity globally.
Digital future of air cargo
According to Fredrik Wildtgrube, Finnair Cargo’s head of global sales: “Making Finnair Cargo’s offers available digitally through cargo.one is a forward-thinking move and will benefit both our customers and Finnair Cargo now and in the long-term.”
The air freight aggregator tool provides live spot rates, immediate confirmation and unified tracking and it enables freight forwarders to search, compare and book capacities across multiple airlines.
According to Wildtgrube – who leads Finnair Cargo’s sales operations from Shanghai – it’s the future of air cargo:
“Digital connectivity is the missing link to guarantee end-to-end speed, quality and continuous improvement in the industry. We are happy to now offer our customers a fully digital first-class booking experience with cargo.one.”
Even easier to book Finnair Cargo
Finnair Cargo’s customers, such as Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, have welcomed news of the partnership because it provides a new channel to easily book Finnair Cargo.
According to Jan Kleine-Lasthues, Global Head of Airfreight, “Finnair Cargo is underscoring its image as a customer-oriented and forward-thinking cargo carrier.”
He adds: “We compliment the decision to join the multi-carrier platform in an effort to decrease complexity for customers, rather than to focus on a proprietary channel.”
For Cargo One, the Berlin startup behind the air freight platform this represents a major milestone.
Moritz Claussen, managing director, explains: “While some players in the industry still lament about digitalization, Finnair Cargo joins leading cargo carriers in the pursuit to actively drive the industry's digital development, to the benefit of their customers and to further strengthening their position in the market.”
“With the partnership, cargo.one becomes even more attractive for forwarders by providing more destinations in North America and Asia – and a platform no airline should want to be absent from.”
About cargo.one
Cargo One GmbH (cargo.one) was founded in Berlin in August 2017 by the entrepreneurs Moritz Claussen, Oliver Neumann and Mike Rötgers. The company has developed a platform for booking and marketing air freight capacities. cargo.one focuses on offering and booking dynamic freight rates, making it the first booking platform of its kind. IATA air freight forwarders can search, compare and book these rates on the cargo.one platform in real time and receive immediate booking confirmation. Partner airlines gain access to a cost-effective, data-driven and fully digital distribution channel. cargo.one's product changes long and asynchronous booking processes by telephone or e-mail, enabling substantial savings on both sides. The cargo.one team combines international experience in building digital business models with relevant expertise in the modernization of B2B processes.
cargo.one press release announcing the partnership with Finnair Cargo
Further information
Finnair and cargo.one are attending the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Singapore 12-15 March and are happy to meet journalists present there. Please get in touch with Laura Weritz or Fredrik Wildtgrube for further information.
Laura Weritz
Corporate Communications, cargo.one
+49 175 6502729
laura@cargo.one
Fredrik Wildtgrube
Head of Global Sales, Finnair Cargo
+358 50 485 8387
fredrik.wildtgrube@finnair.com
