Japan Airlines (JAL) has implemented CHAMP’s API Gateway solution to power a new domestic air cargo service. CHAMP Cargosystems said this will enable the carrier to compete with other modes of transport and seamless integrate air and land options for its customers. JAL will also be able to offer capacity to its business partners by allowing them to match shipment requests from shippers with available flights. The solution enables the airline to use a suite of APIs that connect its new … [Read more...] about JAL Cargo powers domestic service with CHAMP API
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Austrade: More flights and air freight capacity to and from Australia
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) has announced new and extended outbound and inbound flights and available freight capacity under the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) for certain routes. Shanghai to Melbourne Qantas has added cargo flights from Shanghai to Melbourne (via Sydney) scheduled to depart every Monday, with freight rates yet to be confirmed. Services can be accessed by any freight forwarder, with medical and health supplies to be … [Read more...] about Austrade: More flights and air freight capacity to and from Australia
AAPA’s Assembly of Presidents to meet in virtual format
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) announced that the annual Assembly of Presidents, initially scheduled to take place in Japan in November, will now be conducted virtually due to ongoing travel restrictions and blanket quarantine requirements in the region. Commenting on the decision, Subhas Menon, AAPA’s director general, “We had very much hoped that we could hold a physical meeting in Japan this year, but unfortunately circumstances do not allow for this to happen. Borders … [Read more...] about AAPA’s Assembly of Presidents to meet in virtual format
Japan Airlines joins cohorts to test Tokyo’s drone delivery project
Japan Airlines joined a consortium of specialists that will test drive the use of drones for food and medicine delivery in Tokyo. Japan Airlines, with KDDI Corporation, East Japan Railway, Weathernews, Terra Drone Corporation announced the joint plan to the metropolitan government, as Tokyo sets out plans to adopt a drone delivery business model by 2022. To test the use of drones for pharma and food delivery, the project will transport medicines from Mediceo Corp.’s Tokyo warehouse to … [Read more...] about Japan Airlines joins cohorts to test Tokyo’s drone delivery project
Japan Airlines launches CHAMP’s end-to-end digitalization platform
Working closely with CHAMP Cargosystems (CHAMP), its principal cargo IT systems partner, Japan Airlines (JAL) has successfully launched an advanced digitalization platform, designed to revolutionize the cargo processes – initially across the airline’s busy domestic network, whilst simultaneously delivering major benefits to the carrier’s valued customers. Built on CHAMP’s Open Cargo Platform (OCP), the solution, operated by CHAMP on behalf of JAL, consists of an ergonomically-designed, … [Read more...] about Japan Airlines launches CHAMP’s end-to-end digitalization platform
Cathay Pacific Cargo signs new contracts with WFS
Cathay Pacific Cargo has awarded new cargo handling contracts to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Brussels and Copenhagen. Hong Kong’s home airline has signed a three-year contract for WFS to provide cargo handling for its new Brussels-Hong Kong direct service, which commenced on 25 March. Cathay Pacific will begin four flights a week on the route, transporting passengers and cargo onboard its Airbus A350-900 aircraft. WFS expects to handle some seven million kilos of cargo and mail per … [Read more...] about Cathay Pacific Cargo signs new contracts with WFS