SAS Cargo, the airfreight division of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), will place its capacity on digital airfreight procurement platform cargo.one to reach thousands more freight forwarders.
From April, forwarders using cargo.one throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), North America and Asia can quote and book SAS Cargo’s global capacity for general cargo and temperature-controlled shipments up to 10,000 kg to destinations including Frankfurt, London, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Tokyo, and Seoul.
Additional markets are due to be added in the coming months.
Leveraging the belly capacity of the SAS network, SAS Cargo links Scandinavia to important global trade lanes.
The business, which utilises widebody Airbus aircraft and has a global hub in Copenhagen (CPH), plus hubs in Oslo (OSL) and Stockholm (ARN), offers freight forwarders 135 destinations in 31 countries and transports over 60,000 tons of goods annually.
SAS Cargo launched the first direct booking portal in 2015, just as cargo.one became the first airline agnostic air cargo booking platform in 2017. Today, SAS Cargo sees over 80% of its bookings being made online.
Partnering with cargo.one enables SAS Cargo to expand its sales reach with the large forwarders and thousands of small and medium-sized businesses.
Markus Ek, chief executive of SAS Cargo, commented: “Partnering with cargo.one will deliver added convenience to customers in many markets worldwide. Freight forwarders will enjoy a seamless booking experience and an even stronger ability to utilize SAS Cargo capacity as a winning element of their daily work.”
Moritz Claussen, founder and co-chief executive of cargo.one, added: “It makes every sense for SAS Cargo to broaden its access to forwarding teams globally with the platform that is relied upon the most for daily quoting and booking. Our combined teams will apply cargo.one technology and sales best practices to ensure SAS Cargo remains fully responsive in the market."
There has been significant growth at cargo.one in the last few years, most recently with CMA CGM Air Cargo, which rolled out its capacity across cargo.one last month.
