Qantas Freight Debuts 'Kangaroo Route' on cargo.one

DALLAS — Qantas Airways (QF) cargo arm, Qantas Freight, Australia’s largest cargo airline, has expanded its reach with cargo.one. 

cargo.one is an online platform that allows over 20,000 freight shipping companies to find, compare, and book air cargo spaces. This is similar to how we use websites such as Google Flights to book our own vacations. 

According to the cargo.one release, forwarders can leverage “flexible capacity on routes" from North America as well as the iconic nonstop 'Kangaroo Route' from the UK to Australia via the Eastern Hemisphere, where shipping companies can book up to 10,000kg in weight on board. 

Qantas is also the only airline that operates direct, nonstop flights from London (LHR) to Perth (PER) and daily flights to Australia via Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). QF also utilizes belly space on Qantas and Jetstar (JQ) flights.

Currently, QF Freight operates 20 cargo terminals worldwide, which allows the airline to serve over 500 destinations. Qantas Freight will soon expand its reach to Western Sydney Airport (WSI). This move will increase Sydney’s cargo capacity by 33%.

Statements from Qantas Freight, cargo.one

Igor Kwiatkowski, Executive Manager Qantas Freight, said that due to cargo.one’s presence in several global markets, they are an “ideal partner to help grow digital sales and connect our brand and products with more freight forwarders around the globe. We’re looking forward to strengthening our partnership with cargo.one and delivering for our mutual customers.”

 Founder & Co-CEO of cargo.one, Moritz Claussen reciprocated the expansion with positivity, saying that his company was “delighted to play a key role in shaping the digital sales engine for Qantas Freight. Having supported its teams over the past year to commence its external digital sales, we look forward to bringing more Qantas Freight capacity live and working to further extend its digital market share.”