Hongyuan Group announced that it inked a deal with cargo.one to offer the carrier's capacity on the air cargo marketplace.

Hongyuan Group is an air cargo services operator between destinations in China and across Europe and South America.

The announcement said partnering with the established online marketplace for thousands of active freight forwarders will enable Hongyuan Group to boost sales and gain valuable ground rapidly in its digitalization of sales processes.

Hongyuan Group is known to freight forwarders globally for its high-frequency air cargo flights between China, Europe and the United States with over 20 years of professional cargo logistics service experience.

In addition to its self-owned capacity resources such as B747-8F and A330-200F, Hongyuan is significantly expanding its available capacity for the coming years to meet future air cargo demand.

With the partnership, freight forwarders will gain real-time digital access to Hongyuan's routes and rates, with a new choice of instantly bookable offers and confirmation, all within a few minutes.

"Since 2018, we have been building up air cargo services with a strong mission to open up the world for freight forwarders. Digital sales is an important step in offering our customers greater convenience and service quality and cargo.one is the ideal expert partner to enable us to seize maximum potential in all our relevant markets," said Wen Yi, a business representative of Hongyuan Group.

Moritz Claussen, founder and co-CEO of cargo.one, for his part, welcomed the onboarding of Hongyuan in its booking platform. 

"Thousands of freight forwarders using cargo.one will soon benefit from Hongyuan's strong offerings into Asia. Hongyuan Group can now accelerate its digital sales journey and gain important ground with our established frameworks and digital best practices," Claussen added.

First Chinese carrier for cargo.one

Digital distribution is an important strategic component of Hongyuan Group's global expansion.

The announcement said cargo.one will support Hongyuan Group through technological and organizational changes needed to maximize digital distribution effects.

The partnership with Hongyuan Group, its first Chinese carrier, is the latest step in cargo.one's Asia-Pacific growth trajectory.

Over the past year, cargo.one has signed major airline partnerships to deliver greatly increased capacity options across the Asia Pacific region.

It added that soon, freight forwarders on cargo.one can also book Hongyuan Group capacity to important destinations in China including Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu.