WebCargo by Freightos (Nasdaq: CRGO), the leading digital booking and payment platform for the international freight industry, recently announced a partnership with Chapman Freeborn, a leading aircraft charter company, to bring additional global capacity from their global charter business to WebCargo’s platform early October, thereby enabling seamless pricing, booking and payment for thousands of freight forwarders worldwide.
Chapman Freeborn has offices worldwide and specialises in the charter and lease of aircraft for a wide-ranging customer base, including freight forwarders, multinational corporations, governments, humanitarian agencies and a host of industries around the globe. It is a member of the Avia Solutions Group family, the world’s largest ACMI provider with a fleet of 173 aircraft and supported by 11,500 aviation professionals in 68 countries.
Chapman Freeborn routinely organises part-charters, backloads and other commercially innovative solutions for ad hoc, peak season and project cargo, providing forwarders with air cargo capacity that is now being made available on WebCargo, said a release.
Manel Galindo, CEO of WebCargo, said, “The addition of Chapman Freeborn’s capacity into WebCargo’s platform means freight forwarders in some 10,000 offices worldwide will gain instant access to their vast and unparalleled global network, covering routes such as Liège to Chicago, Dubai and Singapore. Our combined strengths will provide competitive rates and a seamless booking and payment experience for forwarders who already conduct thousands of bookings every day on our platform.”