Qantas Freight ramps up capacity on cargo.one as it doubles down on global digital sales

Qantas Freight, the cargo division of Australia’s national carrier and cargo.one today shared details of a collaboration that brings the airline’s capacity to thousands more freight forwarders globally using the cargo.one platform. Qantas Freight and cargo.one have combined efforts in recent months to offer forwarders a seamless, reliable and simplified end to end digital quoting and booking experience. Reflecting how far digital freight has progressed, cargo.one now offers instant bookings for Qantas’ famous “Kangaroo Route” from the UK to Australia after successfully launching trans-Pacific services on the platform late last year. Qantas is the only carrier to offer nonstop services from the UK to Australia with its daily flights from London to Perth, as well as its daily flights to Australia via Singapore.

Founded over 100 years ago flying freight in regional Queensland, Qantas has grown to become Australia’s largest airline and national carrier, with Qantas Freight the country's leading air cargo carrier and largest independent air freight services business. With a vast domestic network and over 500 destinations worldwide, including Jetstar services, Qantas Freight plays a critical role in connecting Australia with major economies and cargo lanes worldwide.

Qantas Freight operates over 20 cargo handling terminals around Australia and Los Angeles, and recently announced a substantial expansion into Western Sydney International (WSI) airport’s new air cargo precinct, itself set to increase Sydney's total capacity by 33 per cent. Leveraging its dedicated narrow and wide body freighters, and extensive bellyspace capacity across both Qantas and Jetstar fleet, Qantas Freight offers freight forwarders great flexibility and a wide spectrum of air cargo products.

cargo.one now enables forwarders to discover, quote and book general cargo with Qantas Freight on its extensive transpacific network connecting important North American hubs to Australia and New Zealand. cargo.one also offers instant bookings for the iconic “Kangaroo Route” from the UK to Australia. Qantas flights operate daily from London to Perth and Singapore with connections to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne – the key hubs on Australia’s east coast. Capacity on all direct UK-AU services is now available to book on the cargo.one platform.

More Qantas Freight markets, routes and products will be continually added to cargo.one in the coming months, bringing forwarders exciting new capacity options for important hubs worldwide. Importantly, booking on cargo.one also equips forwarders with cutting edge tools for winning and processing shipments.

Igor Kwiatkowski, Executive Manager Qantas Freight said, “With its presence in many global freight markets, cargo.one is an ideal partner to help grow digital sales and connect our brand and products with more freight forwarders around the globe. We’re looking forward to strengthening our partnership with cargo.one and delivering for our mutual customers.”

Moritz Claussen, Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, added, “We are delighted to play a key role in shaping the digital sales engine for Qantas Freight. Having supported its teams over the past year to commence its external digital sales, we look forward to bringing more Qantas Freight capacity live and working to further extend its digital market share”.

As the go-to choice for digital freight procurement for 20,000 freight forwarders globally, cargo.one delivers Qantas Freight a valuable increase in visibility and marketing of its network and offers. cargo.one experts are applying their extensive experience of digitalizing the sales functions of over 60 airline partners globally, to bolster Qantas Freight’s digital sales efficiencies and market responsiveness.

With immediate effect, forwarders using cargo.one can now book Qantas Freight capacity for general cargo up to 10,000kg on flights from major US cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago, and from London, UK, to destinations in Australia, New Zealand and other ports in the region.