Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the further rollout of third-party eBooking platform, WebCargo by Freightos across the rest of the world*.
Forwarders in the carrier’s worldwide network will be able to place eBookings from both, its online and offline origins with access to live rates and capacity on the WebCargo platform.
Qatar Airways Chief Officer Cargo Guillaume Halleux said: “Within a short span of six months, we will complete our global rollout of WebCargo by Freightos on 23 August and I am proud of all our teams who have worked dedicatedly all these months to ensure a successful implementation.”
Freightos Group CEO Zvi Schreiber commented: “Qatar Airways Cargo has been working closely with us to bring digitalisation and transparency to as many freight forwarders as possible since their launch of WebCargo by Freightos earlier this year.
“We are proud to now be expanding our partnership to include an additional 39 countries, allowing key markets such as India, Japan, and Latin America direct access to real-time pricing, capacity, and eBookings on the world’s largest cargo airline.”
Since launching WebCargo in February 2021 across France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain and the Netherlands, the airline has been quick to implement WebCargo across several countries in Europe and most recently, the USA** in July 2021.
The global implementation across the carrier’s network will cover 72 countries where customers will have instant access to capacity and pricing.
*Implementation excludes: Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China (except Beijing), Colombia, Djibouti, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Macau SAR, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sudan, Uganda
**Implementation for USA includes online points only
