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World
AIR CARGO

WGA partners up with ACL

Airshop for ULD mgmt American
Airlines Cargo

expands
WebCargo
bookings to

the U.S

ustomers booking
Cthrough Freightos Group
companies WebCargo and 7L
Freight now have full access
to American Airlines Cargo's
U.S. network. The airline,
From left to right: Miguel Diaz – Ground Operations Manager WGA; Bill Mulholland – General Manager ACL; Wes Tucker which operates over 5,000
COO ACL; Chad David – Director Planning & Ground Operations WGA and Ted Lytle – President and COO of WGA. daily departures from the
estern Global Airlines working together to measurably that use ACL's 'technology suite'. United States, now has the
W(WGA), one of the fastest enhance the logistics efficiencies About the agreement, most extensive network of
growing cargo carriers in the of Western Global's ULD fleet, in- Chad David, WGA's Director of WebCargo flights into and out
world, has confirmed a five- cluding the introduction of ULD Planning and Ground Opera- of the country of any carrier.
year Unit Load Device (ULD) Control for real-time tracking of tions, said, "Western Global has WebCargo customers
agreement with ACL Airshop, ULDs. That, combined with ACL's enjoyed a valued, cooperative can book on American's
a leading international service global operations centre and the relationship with ACL Airshop domestic flights and travel to
partner for outsourced ULD innovative 'FindMyULD' smart- for many years. As our industry over 100 foreign destinations
management and customised phone app, all operate together footprint grows, we are excited worldwide. Since late April,
logistics solutions. for better utilisation rates and to expand that relationship with users have been able to book
WGA and ACL Airshop are cost efficiencies for client airlines this agreement." flights on American Airlines
from Germany, Italy, the
LATAM Group amps up cargo connectivity Netherlands, Spain, and the
United Kingdom, with France,
between Europe and the Americas Portugal, and Switzerland set
to follow. The airline now oper-
ates more than 35 direct flights
to the United States from
ATAM Airlines Group has these markets.
Lunveiled a significant "This inclusion of our U.S.
plan to strengthen cargo network is pivotal as we
connectivity between Europe grow in the digital booking
and the Americas, providing space and in our partnership
its customers with more and with WebCargo," said Roger
better options. The plan will be Samways, Vice President of
gradually implemented in the Commercial for American
second half of this year, with Airlines Cargo. "It's crucial to
more frequencies, a more diverse us at American that we are
transatlantic network between where our customers need us
Europe and strategic US cities, weekly frequencies by 85 percent On another note, LATAM to be and that our network is
and increased connectivity to from 7 to 13, a 160 percent increase reaffirms its commitment to positioned to best serve the
Central and South America via over pre-pandemic levels (2019). In connect Europe and Brazil with industry. We are excited to see
New York and Miami. addition, new routes between Eu- Miami as a connection point how our expanded presence
LATAM Group's cargo operators, rope and the United States will be by increasing its service to Sao on the WebCargo platform will
in particular, will nearly double established, which will be served Paulo, with a total of 9 weekly enhance the way our custom-
their capacity between Europe by freighter aircraft operated by frequencies operated by LATAM ers can do business with us."
and the Americas, increasing LATAM Cargo Columbia. Cargo Colombia.
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