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WebCargo gives island carrier a bigger platform
Pacific Air Cargo has joined Freightos’ WebCargo, expanding the digital booking and payment platform’s reach to its routes from Los Angeles to Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.The US carrier operates over 600 annual flights and moves over 100m lbs (45m kg) of cargo a year, ranging from construction materials and ...
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WebCargo makes insurance a breeze with new integration
Online air cargo booking portal WebCargo by Freightos has integrated digital insurance service Breeze onto the platform.The integration will give WebCargo's forwarder users the option of adding insurance when they make a booking."With this collaboration, freight forwarders will have instant access to an insurance quote when they place a booking, ...
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Coyne Airways scores WebCargo first with DG cargo option
Coyne Airways has become the first carrier to offer dangerous goods bookings through WebCargo after adding its capacity to the portal.The carrier offers services to Africa, the Gulf, and the Caspian regions and has carried around 300,000 tons of air cargo since it was established in 1994 by Larry Coyne.Third-party ...
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Freightos narrows losses as online bookings improve
Online booking and rate firm Freightos saw revenues and profits improve in the first quarter of the year on the back of a record number of online bookings.Freightos, which owns air cargo booking cargo WebCargo, recorded an 11% year-on-year improvement in first-quarter revenues to $5.3m, its operating loss for the ...
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NewsUnited Cargo joins third-party booking portals with WebCargo partnership
Source: Vytautas Kielaitis/ShutterStock.comUnited Cargo is placing its airfreight capacity on a third-party online booking platform for the first time through a partnership with Webcargo.United Cargo is currently active on the platform for customers in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK, with plans to expand availability to US ...
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Singapore Airlines places cargo capacity on WebCargo
Singapore Airlines has placed its cargo capacity on online booking and payment platform WebCargo to expand its booking options and reach more customers.The partnership connects Singapore Airlines to thousands of freight forwarders that use WebCargo’s real-time air cargo pricing and booking options.Meanwhile, WebCargo’s users gain additional access to Asia Pacific ...
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WebCargo to launch airfreight rate trend prediction tool
Online booking platform WebCargo is launching a new tool predicting whether airfreight rates will rise or fall to help airlines and forwarders plan for the future.The Volatility Index will launch this week and predicts trade lane rate trends by mining the airfreight data generated by WebCargo. It will help industry ...
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Delta Cargo expands partnership with WebCargo
Delta Cargo has expanded its offering on online booking platform WebCargo by Freightos to include more destinations and products.The airline added its general cargo product and tariff fares to the platform in 2020, but this has now been extended to include the carrier's global network out of the US as ...
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NewsFits is a perfect fit for WebCargo
Source: ShutterstockFits Cargo – a Sri Lanka-based company that combines physical airline operations and interline agreements with over 160 carriers - has joined the Freightos WebCargo online booking and payment platform.Fits Cargo flies over 4 million kilograms of air freight year and has a direct presence in Dubai, India, Hong ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo expands online booking offering
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has continued to expand its online booking capabilities by placing its capacity on WebCargo.WebCargo said that its users would now be able to book capacity on the carrier's flights to 30 destinations in the US, India, China, Nigeria, South Africa, and the Caribbean.Virgin Atlantic Cargo managing director ...
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JAL Cargo adds capacity to WebCargo
JAL Cargo has continued to expand its online offering by adding its cargo capacity to booking portal WebCargo.Freight forwarders will be able to book JAL's capacity for flights to Japan and other Asian countries from Japan, Europe and the UK.Japan Airlines executive officer for cargo and mail said: “Digital transformation ...
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Booking portal Freightos sees Q3 revenues rise but losses deepen
Freightos continued to record improvements in both revenues and the number of transactions made on its booking portals in the third quarter but losses deepened.The company, which includes airfreight booking portal WebCargo, saw its revenues increase by 8.9% year on year to $5.1m in the third quarter of the year ...
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NewsBooking portal WebCargo launches interline option for airlines
Carriers will now be able to offer the services of their interline partners on the WebCargo by Freightos airfreight booking portal.Freightos said a test shipment had been carried out by Qatar Airways Cargo on an ITA Airways flight.The booking platform pointed out that in the passenger travel industry around 10% ...
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NewsWebCargo launches revenue optimisation dashboard
WebCargo Airline Dashboard launchWebCargo by Freightos has launched an airline dashboard that provides insights into demand patterns and pricing, and allows airlines to take action to improve sales and revenue.The dashboard offers airlines nearly real-time data generated by analysing tens of thousands of monthly eBookings.It provides general industry data, including ...
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NewsWiderøe selects WebCargo for online bookings
Credit: Photofex-AUT/Shutterstock.comNordic airline Widerøe has added its cargo capacity to online booking portal WebCargo.The airline is the largest regional carrier operating in the Nordic countries and has a fleet of more than 40 Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft and three Embraer E190-E2 aircraft.It serves more than 40 domestic and international destinations ...
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NewsElectrolux signs up with airfreight booking portal Freightos
Image: Shutterstock/Postmodern StudiosElectrolux has signed up to use Freightos' Enterprise Solution which will allow it to make airfreight bookings on a booking portal through its freight forwarder partners.The Enterprise Solution allows beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) to view the various flights and prices being offered by airlines that have partnered with ...
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Eastern Air Logistics continues digital push with WebCargo partnership
Eastern Air Logistics's (EAL) digital push has continued with the announcement of a second portal deal in as many days for the capacity of subsidiary China Cargo Airlines.WebCargo by Freightos today announced that the capacity of China Cargo Airlines' 16 freighters as well as the belly capacity of China Eastern ...
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Freightos: transactions and revenues up in Q1 but losses deepen
Online booking portal Freightos saw the number of online transactions grow rapidly in the first quarter but its losses deepened during the period as a result of one-off costs.During the first quarter, revenues at the company increased by 9.8% year on year to $4.8m on the back of a 100% ...
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NewsGarcia returns to IAG Cargo
Camilo Garcia. Source IAG CargoAfter four years working in the world of air cargo booking portals, Camilo Garcia Cervera will return to IAG Cargo.Cervera, who re-joins from WebCargo by Freightos, will take the role of chief sales and marketing officer.In his new role, he will "shape IAG Cargo’s sales and ...
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Freightos and WebCargo report rapid rise in online bookings in 2022
Online booking portal Freightos has seen a rapid increase in the number of bookings it has registered as the platform has continued to add airlines and the industry has continued to adapt to a digital environment.Freightos recorded a 154.3% year-on-year increase in transactions to 668,185 in 2022, while in the ...