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WebCargo inaugurates interline option for airlines
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/07/24 15:11:48
CARRIERS will now be able to offer the services of their interline partners on the WebCargo by Freightos airfreight booking portal following a test shipment carried out by Qatar Airways Cargo on an ITA Airways flight.
The booking platform pointed out that in the passenger travel industry around 10 per cent of all itineraries contain code-sharing, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Freightos said the interlining in air cargo is underused as the process is manual and can take 24-48 hours to complete.
"With digital interlining, airlines can improve capacity utilization, broaden global coverage, and create new business opportunities."
WebCargo by Freightos chief executive Manel Galindo said: "Waiting two days to price and book cargo that can circle the globe in under a day simply does not work.
"This new functionality brought together two carriers with no recent record of interlining together, which demonstrates the power of the new product."
Interline e-booking on WebCargo are also available to airlines that are not yet offering e-bookings on WebCargo.
WebCargo senior business development manager for interline and charter Toby Hillier explained to Air Cargo News that airlines can sign up to the interline platform as buyers, sellers, or both, whether or not they are one of the more than 40 airlines already on WebCargo.
"If they sign up as a buyer, no integrations are required - they can simply and easily book capacity from seller airlines as easily as our thousands of forwarders already do.
"Airlines planning to sell capacity will indeed need to go through the API integration phase but also have the option to only sell capacity to other airlines if they do not wish to use the platform to sell to freight forwarders. The platform has been designed to provide airline users with complete flexibility to use it as per their needs."
The booking platform pointed out that in the passenger travel industry around 10 per cent of all itineraries contain code-sharing, reports London's Air Cargo News.
Freightos said the interlining in air cargo is underused as the process is manual and can take 24-48 hours to complete.
"With digital interlining, airlines can improve capacity utilization, broaden global coverage, and create new business opportunities."
WebCargo by Freightos chief executive Manel Galindo said: "Waiting two days to price and book cargo that can circle the globe in under a day simply does not work.
"This new functionality brought together two carriers with no recent record of interlining together, which demonstrates the power of the new product."
Interline e-booking on WebCargo are also available to airlines that are not yet offering e-bookings on WebCargo.
WebCargo senior business development manager for interline and charter Toby Hillier explained to Air Cargo News that airlines can sign up to the interline platform as buyers, sellers, or both, whether or not they are one of the more than 40 airlines already on WebCargo.
"If they sign up as a buyer, no integrations are required - they can simply and easily book capacity from seller airlines as easily as our thousands of forwarders already do.
"Airlines planning to sell capacity will indeed need to go through the API integration phase but also have the option to only sell capacity to other airlines if they do not wish to use the platform to sell to freight forwarders. The platform has been designed to provide airline users with complete flexibility to use it as per their needs."