Australia’s largest air cargo carrier, Qantas Freight is expanding its digital reach on cargo.one. Following the success of its trans-Pacific services launch on the platform this time, last year, it is now branching out and giving cargo.one’s 20,000+ freight forwarder users access to North American connections as well as its ‘Kangaroo Route’. The latter refers to its nonstop services from the UK to Australia on which freight forwarders can now book General Cargo up to 10,000kg in weight. Qantas is the only airline to offer nonstop services from the UK to Australia with its daily flights from London to Perth, as well as its daily flights to Australia via Singapore. cargo.one and Qantas Freight have been the working to ensure seamless, reliable and simplified end to end digital quoting and booking experiences for users, and are looking to add further routes and products over the next few months. To date, Qantas Freight operates 20 cargo terminals across Australia and Los Angeles and is set to expand into Western Sydney International Airport (WSI), increasing Sydney’s capacity by 33%. With a diverse fleet of freighters and belly-space across Qantas and Jetstar, Qantas Freight supports a wide range of cargo needs, serving a large domestic network as well as offering connections to more than 500 international destinations.
Igor Kwiatkowski, Executive Manager Qantas Freight, illustrated: “With its presence in many global freight markets, cargo.one is an ideal partner to help grow digital sales and connect our brand and products with more freight forwarders around the globe. We’re looking forward to strengthening our partnership with cargo.one and delivering for our mutual customers.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, added: “We are delighted to play a key role in shaping the digital sales engine for Qantas Freight. Having supported its teams over the past year to commence its external digital sales, we look forward to bringing more Qantas Freight capacity live and working to further extend its digital market share.”
