HNA Cargo, one of China’s largest air logistics groups and agent to China’s fourth largest airline, HNA Aviation Group, is to partner with the cargo.one digital booking platform. It said it would shortly offer freight forwarders in 107 access to HNA Cargo capacity including routes into China and across Asia Pacific
HNA Cargo manages air cargo subsidiaries with a combined fleet of 600 aircraft spanning 11 airlines including Hainan Airlines, Suparna Airlines, Tianjin Air Cargo and Hong Kong Air Cargo, operating 2,000 international and domestic routes, including connections between China and the US, Europe, Australia, Middle East and across Asia.
Vice president of HNA Cargo, Qiushi Zheng, commented: “This digital partnership helps ensure that we benefit fully from our transportation capacity and can achieve optimal distribution. As our first global digital sales channel, cargo.one adds value with its high quality booking solutions and delivers us unique access to thousands of freight forwarders of all sizes through its impressive footprint. During our collaboration, cargo.one has impressed our teams with its technical proficiency and strength of purpose to accelerate and optimize our digital sales gains.”
Cargo.one founder and co-chief executive, Moritz Claussen, added: “With currently more than 50 digitally connected airlines, no other platform can deliver forwarders access to such superior differentiated supply, whether through our web-based application or API suite. As the go-to partner for digital distribution, cargo.one will ensure that HNA Cargo offers are always front of mind in every relevant market.”