Japan Airlines Cargo (JAL Cargo) will be offering its capacity on the online booking portal cargo.one as it looks to expand its digital footprint.
The agreement with cargo.one means that freight forwarders will now be able to search, book, amend and track JAL Cargo's capacity in real-time.
"JAL Cargo has appointed cargo.one as its partner to advance its digital business and footprint," the cargo division of Japan Airlines Company (JAL) said, adding that this month, cargo.one became available to Japanese freight forwarders.
The rollout of JAL Cargo capacity will begin in European countries in the coming weeks, it added.
JAL Cargo noted that for freight forwarders all over the world, cargo.one comprises the best way to book air cargo digitally.
Increasing air cargo volumes in Japan
"Air cargo volumes into Japan are globally significant, with Tokyo's airports consistently performing within the world's top air cargo hubs by freight tonnes," the announcement statement said, adding that JAL Cargo delivered over 740,000 tonnes of air cargo in 2021.
Photo: JAL Cargo (L-R: Hiroo Iwakoshi, Japan Airlines and Moritz Claussen, cargo.one).
"The partnership will further strengthen our leading position in the Asia Pacific region and deliver a unique and high-quality digital offering to freight forwarders around the globe," said Moritz Claussen, co-chief executive of cargo.one.
For his part, Hiroo Iwakoshi, executive officer, Cargo and Mail at Japan Airlines, noted that cargo.one share JAL Cargo's high regard for customer focus and service level, but also its ambition and entrepreneurial spirit to satisfy the market.
"With a presence on cargo.one, JAL Cargo is now even more strongly placed to differentiate online and scale new heights of digital success," Iwakoshi said.
JAL Cargo said from this Summer, the roll-out of its capacities on cargo.one begins with European markets.
The partnership is a further step in cargo.one's program to greatly expand its participation within the Asia Pacific air cargo market during 2022.