DB Schenker continues to expand airline API connections

Image source: Pixels Hunter/ Shutterstock

DB Schenker has continued to build API connections with airlines to speed up the cargo booking process, this time connecting with Emirates SkyCargo.

The host-to-host connection with DB Schenker’s internal booking platform provides agents with direct access to Emirates SkyCargo’s schedules, standard and contract tariff rates and available capacity, as well as the airline’s network of over 140 destinations across six continents.

The connection will launch first in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and then globally.

“Initially, the service will enable agents to book general cargo, with the possibility of adding other products from Emirates SkyCargo’s multi-vertical, industry-leading portfolio in the near future,” the carrier said in a press release.

DB Schenker has been ramping up its digital connections with airlines over the past 12 months.

The forwarder already has API connections with American Airlines Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, Cargolux and, most recently, Cathay Cargo.

Cathay Cargo and DB Schenker connect through API

Share this story

Related Topics

Latest airfreight digitisation news

United Cargo joins third-party booking portals with WebCargo partnership

United Cargo is placing its airfreight capacity on a third-party online booking platform for the first time through a partnership…

Read More

Share this story

SriLankan adds its capacity to CargoAi booking platform

SriLankan Cargo has become the latest carrier to place its capacity on the CargoMART online booking portal from CargoAi. As…

Read More

Share this story

Robots help Munich Airport step up automation

Robots are helping Munich Airport step up automation and efficiency in its operations through a project that aims to embed…

Read More

Share this story

Damian Brett

Damian Brett
I have been writing about the freight and logistics industry since 2007 when I joined International Freighting Weekly to cover the shipping sector.After a stint in PR, I have gone on to work for Containerisation International and Lloyds List - where I was editor of container shipping - before joining Air Cargo News in 2015.Contact me on [email protected]