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AIR CARGO

CargoAi,

Chain.io sign

deal for instant

bookings

IAmazon Air signs firm deal

to lease 10 A330-300P2Fs Cannounced a strategic
argoAi and Chain.io

technology partnership
mazon Air has signed a firm agreement werke GmbH (EFW), the centre of excellence that will allow large and
Awith Altavair, a pioneer in commercial for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) medium-sized freight
aviation financing, to lease 10 A330-300P2F conversions," says a release from Airbus. forwarders on Chain.io's
freighters to assist fulfill its one-day delivery Amazon Air has been operating a fleet network to easily connect
promise to Prime customers. of Boeing aircraft (78 at the last count), and to CargoAi's platform to
"The aircraft will be operated for Amazon this is for the first time that the e-commerce make instant bookings
by Hawaiian Airlines, which has had A330s as giant is inducting aircraft from Airbus. to the GSAs and airlines
a key element of its fleet since 2010. The ten The first of the A330-300P2F aircraft is while remaining on their
airframes are being converted from passen- expected to join the Amazon Air fleet in late own TMS.
ger aircraft to freighters by Elbe Flugzeug- 2023, the release added. "These functionalities
were requested by most
of our existing users," says
Matt Petot, Founder and
Swissport opens air cargo center at Central CEO, CargoAi. "We are
delighted to solidify this
Japan International Airport strategic partnership with
Chain.io to enable new
wissport is opening an air for central Japan's Tokai region the new air cargo center is efficiency gains and drasti-
Scargo center at Central Japan and will be Swissport's third located on the north side of cally improve the visibil-
International Airport (Centrair) in domestic base, following International Cargo Warehouse ity of our airline partners
November 2022. The new facility Narita International and Kansai 1 at Chubu Centrair Interna- around the world."
will support the development International Airport. tional Airport. The expansion The CargoAi platform
of air transport and logistics Set to open on 1 November, of Swissport cargo facilities provides a simple end-to-
and services reflects the steady end interface for freight
growth around Japan's Tokai forwarders to make quotes,
region, home to many large schedules, bookings, ship-
manufacturing companies. ments, tracking, purchase
"We believe demand for inter- orders, as well as reporting
national air cargo will continue capabilities. "With the ad-
to grow. As a member of Japan's dition of Chain.io, users can
logistics industry, we are eager now complete the same
to contribute to the develop- experience within their
ment of the Tokai region, one of TMS system without navi-
Japan's three major economic gating between multiple
zones, with our operations at airline websites or making
Centrair,” Kazunari Yoshida, Presi- different phone calls," says
dent and Managing Director of an official release.
Swissport Japan.
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