AirAsia and cargo counts sign cargo management contract

cargo counts GmbH, is making its first mark in the Asian market by announcing a strategic alliance with AirAsia. A signing ceremony was held Wednesday to mark the 3 year cargo management contract, which will take effect in September 2004.

Following the agreement, AirAsia will provide unutilized aircraft cargo space to cargo counts, who will then undertake cargo management for AirAsia. Cargo counts operations which covers Malaysia as well as the international markets, includes all cargo relevant activities such as sales, marketing, handling, accounting, IT, controlling as well as the flight data-, yield- and capacity management. 

AirAsia presently transports cargo to domestic destinations through local cargo company, ATR Express.

Dato’ Pahamin A. Rajab, Chairman, AirAsia commented on the alliance, “I am looking forward to a great partnership with cargo counts, the spin off from Lufthansa Cargo, the world’s leading airfreighting carrier. The partnership will further add value to our core business service, and allow us to maximise our overall profitability. I will like to thank cargo counts for appointing AirAsia as its first venture partner in Asia. A big thank you and ribuan terima kasih to YB Dato’ Chan Kong Choy, Minister of Transport of Malaysia, for taking some time off from his busy schedule to witness another milestone in AirAsia’s history.”

Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia added, “We are pleased to form this strategic partnership with cargo counts. Our partnership with cargo counts, and its relationship with Lufthansa Cargo, will provide us with an access to Lufthansa’s extensive global network of 450 destinations in 99 countries. Nevertheless our operations will remain very much focused on the core of our business, which is the business of connecting people from one point to another with our low fares. That said, we look forward to a more profitable and long-term cooperation with our new business partner”.

Georg Midunsky, Managing Director of cargo counts, said, “The new partnership with AirAsia is an important step for cargo counts into the Asian market. It’s a privilege for us to be chosen by a company as dynamic and innovative as AirAsia, to develop their cargo business further.”