cargo.one and Eastern Air Logistics are partnering to bring more capacity from both China Eastern Airlines and China Cargo Airlines to the real-time digital booking platform.

The deal — which would commence in Summer 2023 — would offer freight forwarders access to capacity on China Cargo Airlines' specialized Boeing 777 and 747 freighter fleet.

It would also enable freight forwarders to secure belly capacity on nearly 800 China Eastern Airlines passenger aircraft —  providing freight forwarders with increased options for capacity allocation, streamlining their operations and improving efficiency in the air cargo industry.

China Eastern offers 184 countries and regions and benefits from state-of-the-art air cargo depot facilities at major Chinese hub airports such as Shanghai, Beijing, Kunming, Xi'an and Wuhan, as well as a nationwide transportation network. 

Customers will enjoy access to important trade lanes between China and hubs, including within Europe – Frankfurt, London, Budapest, Amsterdam, in North America – New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto, and in Asia Pacific – Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh.

"Our close collaboration with the cargo.one team over the past months stands out and forcefully boosts our trajectory to become the most innovative integrated logistics service provider," said Jonathan Xu, general manager of Logistics Solutions Business Dept. at Eastern Air Logistics.

"A clear benefit of partnering with cargo.one is the strength of its insights, proactive partnership support and the valuable best practices for digital that we are gaining for our first steps into digital distribution," he added.

Moritz Claussen, founder & co-CEO of cargo.one, noted that it is vital that every freight forwarder globally has rapid and seamless access to the best capacity options for China.

"cargo.one and Eastern Air Logistics complement each other perfectly in offering end-to-end agility and a great experience that forwarders can depend upon," he said. "It is a real pleasure to work alongside Eastern Air Logistics as they leverage our substantial market force and benefit from the only next-generation multilateral marketplace, and one loved by forwarders."

Over the past year, cargo.one has rapidly expanded its participation in the Asia Pacific market as it partnered with national carriers and the top three airlines in countries including China, Japan and Singapore.