Cargo.one has added Turkish Airlines' cargo division to its global online freight booking system, which it says takes in 40 airlines and around half the world's air cargo capacity.
The deal means Cargo.one customers can book slots on Turkish Cargo’s "extensive network of more than 340 destinations, 100 of direct cargo" - a range of destinations that takes in "important centres of commerce in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia". The carrier aims by 2025 to add 20 more destinations to 100 it already flies to, giving it access to 132 countries.
According to Adnan Karaismailoğlu, a senior vice president at Turkish Cargo, the new tie-up puts the business "firmly on a trajectory towards our target to become one of the top three air cargo brands in the world".
Moritz Claussen, co-CEO of cargo.one, described the deal as "great news for every freight forwarder".
"No other platform offers more airlines for live booking than cargo" said Clausen, who founded the business five years ago. Since then it has teamed up, it says, with carriers including Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Singapore Airlines Cargo, Air Canada, LATAM, TAP Air Portugal, Finnair, Etihad, All Nippon Airways, JALCARGO, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, and Qatar Airways Cargo.
Turkish Cargo is the world's 5th biggest airborne freight carrier, rising from 33rd in 2010 - a rise cargo.one put down to "investments in state-of-the-art SMARTIST, its Istanbul mega cargo hub, sustainability programmes and a comprehensive digitalisation strategy".