Cathay Pacific Cargo launches new cargo-booking platform ‘Click & Ship’ in South Asia

• New digital cargo-booking platform offers visibility of space and rates with instant confirmation, 24/7

Cathay Pacific Cargo has launched ‘Click & Ship’, its new digital booking platform, progressively across its network starting this month. 

Click & Ship promises booking transparency and speed, day and night. Customers in South Asia, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka can view prices and capacity, and book cargo with instant confirmation in just three steps through the intuitive booking interface.

Digitalisation and automation are central to Cathay Pacific Cargo’s vision to become the world’s most customer-centric air cargo service brand. Click & Ship is the latest digital innovation along this journey.

“Our customers globally have been telling us that they want a quicker and more efficient way to book shipments at any time,” said Cathay’s Regional Head of Cargo, South Asia, Middle East and Africa Rajesh Menon. “We listened. We are rolling out Click & Ship progressively across our network including South Asia. We aim to make real-time flight schedules, space availability, allotments, and updated rate information available on www.cathaypacificcargo.com and www.ezycargo.com for all Cathay Pacific Cargo customers over the next year.”

Over the past 20 years, the air cargo industry has continued to rely on manual processes and email confirmation for shipment bookings, while the passenger airline industry has evolved to enable customers to book tickets and other services online. 

In recent years, Cathay Pacific Cargo has pioneered paperless operations and automation of manual processes in the airfreight industry, working with its majority-owned subsidiary and IATA e-freight partner, Global Logistics System (HK) Co. Ltd. The launch of Click & Ship marks a bold leap forward in the end-to-end digitalisation of air cargo. 

“We are certain Click & Ship will be advantageous for our customers in the region. It will transform the cargo booking experience, making it a streamlined process with a fast and intuitive interface that mimics the passenger ticket-booking experience. It gives our customers visibility of price and inventory and means registered agents can book shipments at their convenience with auto-confirmation,” Menon added.

Customer benefits include: Full overview of pricing, schedule, and flight availability on a single page; Visibility of Cathay Pacific Cargo inventory and guaranteed space through direct booking; Booking page modelled on passenger-booking page for intuitive ease of use and Customers submit a booking through a three-step journey and receive instant confirmation 24/7.

While Click & Ship will only be available for registered customers in the first instance, the underlying digital foundations will enable other users to access Cathay Pacific Cargo’s pricing via third-party platforms and pave the way for a transition to dynamic pricing in future.

“Click & Ship stays true to our vision to become the world’s most customer-centric air cargo service brand through greater digitalisation. We hope this and other innovations we offer will deliver value for our business partners through more agile and responsive services,” Menon added.

Global Logistics System (HK) Co. Ltd. specialises in digitalising air cargo business processes such as e-Booking, e-AWB exchange, and Track & Trace for special cargo. The EzyCargo community platform connects forwarders to airlines and cargo terminals. In addition to EzyCargo, GLSHK developed other airline application platforms to provide connections to Customs for advanced cargo information requirements; and to post offices for mail data exchanges. Its worldwide partners include 3,000-plus active forwarders, 90-plus airlines, 75-plus post offices and all major Customs systems globally.