SriLankan Cargo partners with cargo.one to digitalize sales
SriLankan Cargo and cargo.one today unveiled an exciting global partnership to bring the Sri Lankan national carrier’s cargo capacity to the leading platform for digital air cargo bookings. Comprising its very first digital sales channel for air cargo, cargo.one will soon deliver its user-friendly and efficient booking platform for all SriLankan Cargo’s global offers. The addition of SriLankan Cargo services further adds to cargo.one’s renowned depth and diversity of supply options. The deal reflects cargo.one’s ability to deliver airlines a first class digital sales channel with a broad and competitive presence in all relevant markets.
SriLankan Cargo will provide freight forwarders using cargo.one with valuable connectivity to a global network of 37 destinations in 21 countries across Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Far East and Australia. The airline leverages its direct flights to key hubs in Europe, as well as particularly strong capacity options to India and the Gulf region. With its road and partner networks, SriLankan Cargo further expands its reach to serve over 200 destinations worldwide.
cargo.one is the go-to choice for forwarders requiring rapid and comprehensive global market visibility, and the ability to book and confirm shipments at speed. SriLankan Cargo customers can rely upon cargo.one’s high standards for usability, visibility and control in the booking of their shipments.
Chaminda Perera, Head of Cargo at SriLankan Cargo, comments, “Our digital sales progression is now a key driver of our growth, and cargo.one is a logical expert to expedite our transition. We can have total confidence that every SriLankan Cargo customer will enjoy a top-class digital experience. It is excellent to see that our teams are already kick-starting smart initiatives to maximize our market opportunities.”
Moritz Claussen, Founder and Co-CEO of cargo.one, adds, “We are proud to play an important role in fueling the exciting growth of SriLankan Cargo, our first South Asian carrier. By entering the digital market strongly with a world class, customer centric sales channel, SriLankan Cargo is best placed to leverage its valuable strengths and deliver for many more forwarders globally.”
SriLankan Cargo joining cargo.one will deliver a valuable increase in visibility and marketing of its network and offers. cargo.one will apply its extensive experience of digitalizing the sales functions of over 50 airline partners globally, to power SriLankan Cargo’s digital strategy. cargo.one enables airlines including SriLankan Cargo to gain swift and affordable access to thousands of forwarding branches in its 116 markets.
From Summer 2024, freight forwarders using cargo.one can book SriLankan Cargo capacity, for both general cargo and perishables, across its entire network including important destinations such as London, Frankfurt, Paris, Chennai, Delhi, Singapore, Shanghai, Canton, Tokyo, Melbourne, and Sydney.
About SriLankan Cargo
SriLankan Cargo, the cargo arm of Sri Lanka’s National Carrier, SriLankan Airlines, has been expanding its services rapidly, using Colombo as the logical gateway in Asia, to link the fast-growing economies of the South Asia with the Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the Far East and Australia. Currently, it provides seamless connectivity to a global network of 37 destinations in 21 countries. Together with its airline and logistics partners, SriLankan Cargo serves over 200 destinations, worldwide.
SriLankan Cargo operates out of its hub at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo, with handling capabilities for temperature-controlled cargo (three temperature ranges) such as pharmaceuticals and other temperature sensitive shipments. It is equipped with a live animal holding area for pets and other live animals; radioactive room for radioactive commodities, and vault to secure valuable cargo such as gems, jewellery and gold bars. As a leader in service excellence, SriLankan Cargo has been recognized at many global forums and its latest accolade includes “Best international cargo airline for the year 2023” at the India Cargo Awards 2023. For more information visit www.srilankancargo.com
About cargo.one
Founded in 2017, cargo.one (Cargo One GmbH) is a platform for booking and marketing air freight capacity. Trusted in over 5500 forwarding offices in 116 countries, cargo.one offers instant booking for airline and agent rates across more than 50 airlines, and was the first platform of its kind.
cargo.one pro equips agents to compare, book and track shipments, leveraging thousands of live and static rates, while importers can book instantly using other verified forwarding partners 24/7. Export agents win new business from import agents worldwide, all secured with global non-payment protection. cargo.one for enterprise offers an extensive range of API suites, delivering the strongest quality real-time market content through one endpoint. Leading forwarders worldwide rely upon cargo.one’s enterprise-ready solutions for instant customer quoting, pricing, and sales.
cargo.one partners with dozens of global airlines and airline groups including Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Singapore Airlines Cargo, American Airlines, Air Canada, LATAM, TAP Air Portugal, Finnair, Etihad, All Nippon Airways, JAL CARGO, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Eastern Air Logistics, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, Turkish Cargo and Qatar Airways Cargo.
cargo.one’s rapidly growing user base includes leading players such as Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Agility Logistics, DACHSER and Flexport. The company has won awards including ‘Information Technology for the air cargo industry’ in the World Air Cargo Awards 2022 and 2021, ‘Air Business of the Year’ at the UK Logistics Awards 2022, the ‘International IT Systems Provider of the Year’ Award 2023, and ‘Cargo Booking Platform of the Year’ in the Payload Asia Awards 2023. cargo.one is a Trustee of The International Air Cargo Association, TIACA, the highest level of membership.
cargo.one has raised significant funding to date from internationally prominent investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Creandum, Next 47, Point Nine Capital and Lufthansa Cargo.
