Over the years, airmail has been associated with brown postal bags and for envelopes in air cargo planes but that has evolved with the boom of e-commerce to include small parcels in 'bubble wrapped' envelopes carrying more than letters.
Learn how integrating post office business into CHAMP’s Cargospot can boost air mail revenue in the evolving e-commerce landscape.
According to global e-commerce platform Shopify, the e-commerce forecast for 2025 is $6.86 trillion. This monumental figure is expected to hit $7.41 trillion in 2026, and $7.96 by 2027.
With such a boom in online trade, postal operators are experiencing growing volumes of international mail being flown across the globe using airline networks.
But what is the most efficient way for an airline to manage and track its post office business? Cargospot AirMail has the answer.
Respond to the rapidly changing e-commerce landscape
While it can be convenient to book mail shipments conventionally, and to negotiate rates on an annual basis, the pace of change within e-commerce will require something far more flexible.
Amazon's Prime Day in July of 2024 saw the retailer achieve a record-breaking $14.2 billion in sales, an 11% increase from 2023.
Meanwhile on “Singles day” 2023 in China, online shoppers bought over $156.4 billion worth of goods, representing hundreds of millions of packages being transported.
With the potential for sporadic and sudden traffic increases like this, your airline will require dynamic tools to help manage the air mail processes quickly and efficiently to meet consumer expectation.
Facilitating streamlined air mail operations
Cargospot AirMail meets the unique requirements of air mail, which are inherently different to air freight.
After identifying the need a platform that processes air mail and parcels more efficiently and in line with UPU standards, CHAMP collaborated with long-time partner Global Logistics System Hong Kong (GLSHK) to develop its Cargospot AirMail solution.
CHAMP’s partnership gives you access to over 75 post offices worldwide via the acclaimed GLSHK EzyPost™ technology - available as an integrated add-on to your current Cargospot suite.
This means your cargo management, handling, and revenue processes can now be seamlessly extended to accommodate the rapidly expanding and lucrative air mail business.
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