In today’s world with freighter delivery delays, limited capacities and aging fleets, partnerships are more important than ever, says CargoTech. Strategic partnerships can help to ensure that capacities are used more efficiently, since these have become increasingly constrained in the past five years. The lack of capacity is pitted against a massive increase in e-commerce business, but also maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) bottlenecks. CargoTech’s digital solutions offer support to airlines when it comes to analyzing and sourcing available capacity, expanding interline networks, and optimizing space and load factors in real time – particularly since different partners often operate very different digital systems. Its press release illustrates three of its members and their tools: Rotate is first up. Its solution is capable of analyzing different scenarios regarding fleet, network, and partnership strategies. CargoAi’s Interline module enables airlines to cross-book capacities and combine offers from different carriers, simplifying the booking process and ensuring real-time data for all parties. Wiremind’s CARGOSTACK then optimizes all available capacity, manages rates, highlights exceptions, and supports efficient inventory management.
Cédric Millet, President of CargoTech, commented: “Any form of partnership or interline agreement looks good on paper but can pose large operational challenges since often more than one ground handler is involved in addition to the airlines’ own digital systems, and therefore differing software solutions need interfacing. Also, the cargo market seeks long-term capacity stability, and yet airline schedules, negotiations and allotments are usually done on a seasonal basis, which can be difficult to balance. Three points are important when it comes to optimizing available assets and delivering better revenue: smooth digital interaction, easy access to partner capacity, and ensuring optimum use of all available space. Three of our CargoTech members offer precisely those solutions.”
Michael Teoh, Head of Strategy at CargoTech, said: “Capacity optimization requires reliable, real-time information, excellent IT interfacing, and useful scenarios suggestions on which to base quick, commercial decisions. CargoTech delivers the digital framework and human expertise to fully support partnering airlines in maximizing on available capacities in the market. Our aim is an agile, responsive, and profitable air cargo industry – one with a future, despite its current space limitations.”
