Nippon Cargo Airlines joins cargo.one booking platform

Japanese all-cargo airline Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) plans to strengthen its position in the European market with an enhanced digital distribution strategy powered by the cargo.one booking platform, which gives forwarders access to real-time prices and available capacities of multiple airlines.

NCA  is the first Asian airline to join the cargo.one booking platform. Integration work to connect NCA’s core cargo system, iCargo, to cargo.one will start.soon, with the full roll out anticipated by March. 

Joining cargo.one benefits multiple stakeholders: Forwarders can quickly book NCA’s main deck capacities on the platform with instant confirmation. Adding the capacity of a major Asian freighter operator adds to cargo.one’s attractiveness as a one-stop shop, which is expected to increase the number of forwarders doing business on the site. And NCA can tap into cargo.one’s user base of more than 300 freight forwarding companies, as well as reduce manual transactions via telephone and email.

The cargo.one platform, which is tied to the core systems of partner airlines, focuses on dynamic spot rates, allowing freight forwarders to search, compare freight rates and book cargo in real time and receive immediate booking confirmation.