History
' Technology is dominated by two types of people, those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand'.
Welcome to Air Cargo World Index, a business to business website dedicated the carriage of goods by air.
This website was launched in January 2001, within a feature about web technology in the air cargo industry published in Air Cargo News.
The main function of this website is simply to locate aircraft flying with spare capacity and to match them with brokers and forwarders who have cargo to move. That is nothing new. Every industry professional knows who operates which aircraft and every operator, has access their own forwarders brokers and GSA's.
By the time the faxes, SITA's e-mails and phone calls are made, to either locate an aircraft with spare capacity or to locate a quantity of cargo to move, a substantial period of time may be lost. The same may be said if you are searching the websites of individual companies.
How many aircraft are parked on airport ramps around the world returning or departing below capacity or even empty? At the same time, maybe at the same airfield in an office, how many frantic telephone calls faxes and e-mails are being sent to locate an aircraft going to that very destination? We know this can happen.
Using air cargo world index you have a single point of reference that will not detract from your own website or company identity, but will enhance it by profiling your company and adding your own press releases.
If you operate aircraft, you are able simply and quickly to notify not only your own area of contacts about an under-load or an empty sector, but also to the rest of the world. If you have cargo to move and you wish to either notify potential operators or locate an aircraft, this you can also do, from a single website and with a few minutes of your time.
So an aircraft operator benefits from extra revenue with spare capacity or a back load and the broker or forwarder could benefit from a reduced cost for that cargo.
The key to getting the most from this website is to use it! Update your information keep it proactive. Like any computer-based technology, it is only as good as what is put into it, either way it is there to work for you and make life simple and easier. That too is the air cargo world index philosophy.
It is not an auction site and it does not act as a broker. The business information that you are sharing or posting is already being shared or posted now in a different format to a smaller or limited number of contacts.
Air Cargo World Index is designed to be viewd by the global company or the specialist regional operator. A news and information section is available and we will add a tracking and tracing system designed for our members within this website.
If you do not secure ad hoc cargo or spare capacity with your known broker, forwarder or operator it does not prevent you from calling or faxing again the following day or week. It would be different with the air cargo world index website because your details and information remain on the website and can be changed, if needed, at anytime you require, for all to see, without having to make another round of calls, you have control.
Air Cargo World Index is your worldwide 'database of contacts' and could potentially allow your business to operate globally.
We believe that Air Cargo World Index has the potential to help the air cargo industry use Internet technology and promote the idea of a future standard to be adopted by those organisations who embrace it, welcome to the future!
