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(left to right) Sam Okpro (Etihad), Des Vertannes
(Etihad), Bart Jan Haasbeek (OAG Cargo), Paul King
(Etihad), Dirk de Rooij (OAG Cargo)
ETIHAD CRYSTAL CARGO
CHOOSES OAG CARGO SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT ITS
FAST-GROWING WORLDWIDE BUSINESS
Etihad Crystal
Cargo, a division of UAE-based Etihad Airways, has
signed a contract to publish airfreight rates and
post important operational announcements to freight
forwarders on OAG Cargo Solutions' worldwide cargo
portal.
The airline's cargo
business achieved a 38 per cent growth in 2007
across its network of 50 destinations. It has also
expanded its cargo terminal in Abu Dhabi to handle
more than 270,000 tonnes of freight per annum and
boosted the capacity of its freighter fleet in 2007
by 30 per cent with the arrival of an MD-11F to
join its existing Airbus A300-600RF
aircraft.
Des Vertannes,
Etihad Crystal Cargo's executive vice president,
who signed the agreement with OAG at the IATA World
Cargo Symposium in Rome, said: "OAG Cargo Solutions
is one of the industry's premier vehicles for
getting information to the worldwide freight
forwarding market in a fast, reliable and cost
effective manner."
Etihad has
committed to OAG Cargo's Air Freight Rates (AFRA)
application and its Inforwarding Announcements
service. There are now more than four million
individual airfreight rates published on AFRA. In
total, 505 airlines have published tariffs on the
site (www.oagcargo.com) and this information is
accessed regularly by over 9,700 freight forwarder
users from 1,175 offices worldwide. AFRA enables
freight forwarders to make informed decisions about
their cargo shipments. Rates previously distributed
by airlines in a wide variety of formats including
mail, email with attachments and fax can now be
accessed using a single web-based
application.
OAG Cargo's
Inforwarding Announcements service enables airlines
to publish time sensitive operational announcements
to over 25,000 registered freight forwarders and is
now live in 24 countries and states in Europe,
North America, Asia and Australia with further
countries due to be added. The portal also provides
route building, schedules, truck service points and
rates and analysis tools as well as regulations
governing the carriage by air of dangerous goods
shipments.
Sam Okpro, Etihad
Crystal Cargo's head of cargo planning &
development, added: "OAG's Air Freight Rates
Application - AFRA - is an effective tool that
allows our customers and employees alike spread out
in the four corners of the globe to have quick and
easy access to Etihad's contract and selling
rates."
OAG Cargo's Global
Key Account Manager, Bart Jan Haasbeek, said:
"Etihad is growing rapidly and we are delighted
that the airline recognises OAG as a fast and
reliable way to communicate information and rates
to the freight forwarding industry in the markets
it serves. We know that cargo agents are actively
encouraging airlines to use AFRA and Inforwarding
and Etihad is a strong example of a carrier that's
listening and responding to the needs of its
customers."
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About OAG Cargo
Solutions
OAG Cargo Solutions
(www.oagcargo.com) provides an expanding portfolio
of innovative products and services to the global
air cargo community. Its air freight community
portal oagcargo.com includes tools for routing and
shipment planning, Dangerous Goods regulations, a
real-time air freight rates database, air and road
schedule data, tracking and analysis solutions and
multi-media cargo schedule products. Its renowned
Inforwarding service has more than 25,000
registered freight forwarding and airline users in
24 markets worldwide.
OAG Cargo Solutions
is a division of OAG (Official Airline Guide), a
global flight information and data solutions
company for the passenger aviation, air cargo
logistics and business travel markets.
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Jamie Roche,
JRPR
T: +44 (0) 1753 621
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