With Philippine Airlines (PAL) on board, cargo.one gains another attractive Asian gateway and network. For the airline, it is its first venture into digital sales once it starts sharing its capacity on cargo.one this fall. It can look forward to reaching customers who have previously not booked on PAL, and thus is a good step closer to increasing its load factors. Forwarders using cargo.one will have access to space on Philippine Airlines’ flights for their general cargo or perishables shipments, and an interesting global network accessible from PAL’s national hubs in Manila, Cebu, Clark, and Davao. As cargo.one is open all hours, forwarders can search real-time rates and capacity, and book directly with immediate booking confirmation.
“Respected as the very first commercial airline in Asia, Philippine Airlines extends its renowned attentive customer service levels to its air cargo services. The carrier is expanding its widebody fleet to facilitate an ambitious cargo growth strategy. Philippine Airlines offers freight forwarders a unique combination of 37 international destinations throughout South and East Asia, North America, Australia and the Middle East, and 32 destinations in the Philippines as well as favorable regional connectivity,” the release explains.
As well as offering its own customers and cargo.one users a user-friendly digital booking channel, PAL benefits from the digital marketplace’s data analytics that aid when making strategic or market-driven decisions.
Jason Siy, VP Cargo at Philippine Airlines (PAL), explained: “A key pillar of our digital transformation and continued growth is the ability to steer strategic digital sales. Gaining cargo.one’s technology and extensive experience means Philippine Airlines can build digital sales at speed and scale with low capital expenditure. Our teams are working closely to build a custom digital sales channel to maximize upon our many strengths.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, stated: “We are excited to launch Philippine Airlines digital sales journey and strengthen its exciting growth plans. cargo.one continually brings the freight forwarding market new capacity options first, an important element in how our platform enables even the very largest forwarders to win shipments faster, grow their business and serve their customers better than ever.”
