Air New Zealand has joined Unisys Cargo Portal Services (CPS) to allow the airline´s current and prospective freight forwarder clients to book and track shipments online, Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) said.
Unisys´ CPS is an online portal that enables freight forwarders to interact with multiple carriers via a single website to view availability, make bookings, and track shipments as well as other electronic services such as producing IATA electronic Air Waybills (e-AWB) and interacting with customs systems.
CPS will broaden Air New Zealand Cargo´s reach to the more than 6,000 forwarders and shippers from 3,750 branch offices of 2,200 companies who are active users of CPS, spanning 330 cities in 105 countries.
Air New Zealand Cargo operates more than 590 international flights per week, serving 32 cities in 18 countries around the globe, using the airline´s passenger schedule. Goods range from high technology and time-sensitive goods to fresh produce and general cargo.
Unisys is a global information technology company that specializes in providing industry-focused solutions integrated with leading-edge security to clients in the government, financial services, and commercial markets. Unisys offerings include security solutions, advanced data analytics, cloud and infrastructure services, application services and application and server software. More than 20% of the world´s air cargo shipments are processed on Unisys solutions.