The UK arm of AMI – the world’s largest trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler – has launched its new on-line Quote&Book portal. The new site is modelled on AMI’s Express click2ship model, launched in 2010. The site is only accessible by AMI approved agent customers, who need to enter just a few shipment details to obtain immediate quotes. Prices can then be filtered using AMI’s consolidation or direct AWB service, as well as by airport of departure, direct or deferred … [Read more...] about AMI UK launches on-line cargo portal
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Jet Airways accepts e-bookings via WIN
India’s Jet Airways has announced it now accepts e-bookings via the Bangkok-based Worldwide Information Network (WIN) e-platform. “As a high-tech carrier, we strongly encourage our agents to work with us electronically and are pleased to add WIN as a new channel for e-booking,” said James Gilliard, acting VP – Cargo, Jet Airways. “Jet Airways has been connected with WIN since spring 2015 for e-Air Waybills (e-AWBs) and has seen steady growth in electronic transactions with SME forwarders on … [Read more...] about Jet Airways accepts e-bookings via WIN
Qatar Airways develops in-house cargo management system
Qatar Airways has designed and implemented a next generation cargo management system named CROAMIS to manage its end-to-end airline cargo business processes. CROAMIS, Qatar Airways’ Cargo Reservations, Operations, Accounting and Management Information System, is a single system serving the airline’s entire global cargo network, designed to scale with the future growth expected. CROAMIS has been developed in-house by Qatar Airways through an innovative co-funded model with global IT services … [Read more...] about Qatar Airways develops in-house cargo management system
SpiceJet taps SmartKargo to power its cargo ops
Indian low cost carrier, SpiceJet, has become the first airline in India to deploy SmartKargo’s cloud-based air cargo management solution for its in-house and international cargo operations. SmartKargo, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US offers an advanced air cargo management solution, leveraging three signficant IT advances: Cloud computing, mobile platforms and data analytics. Unlike older cargo systems that require expensive, dedicated hardware and software, SmartKargo – built by … [Read more...] about SpiceJet taps SmartKargo to power its cargo ops
Sept best month this quarter: WorldACD
September turned out to be the best month of this year's third quarter according to the latest statistics from WorldACD, with a worldwide volume growth of 1.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and a modest month-over-month (MoM) yield increase (in USD) of 0.4 per cent, the first such improvement since last February. The origin Africa trade continued to lead with a volume growth of four per cent, similar to this month's growth for the origins Europe and Asia Pacific. The Gulf Area recorded a volume … [Read more...] about Sept best month this quarter: WorldACD
