Air Cargo Booking & Quoting Software
Turn an accepted cargo quote into operational work.
Capture consignment and whole-aircraft cargo charter enquiries, prepare versioned quotations and keep accepted requests connected to shipments or cargo flights. Work from actual pieces, weights, dimensions and rate rules rather than rebuilding each sale.
Cargo sales needs a handover operations can trust
An agreed price is only part of the booking. Flight operations also needs cargo dimensions, commodity, special handling, route and timing requirements. Keep those details with the accepted commercial record.
Built around the way you work
Each capability is part of the connected FlightStratix workspace.
Structured enquiries
Record customer, route, requested date window, commodity, pieces, weight, volume, maximum dimensions and a dangerous-goods indicator.
Flexible charge lines
Quote freight, fuel surcharge, security, handling, dangerous goods, charter and other charges using weight-based, chargeable-weight or flat pricing methods.
Rate card suggestions
Review suggested rates and volumetric factors, then prepare and revise quotation lines before acceptance.
Acceptance into operations
Accept eligible quotes into a consignment on a suitable flight or create a cargo charter flight where the workflow allows.
From start to finish
Air cargo booking and quoting with an operational handover
Move a cargo enquiry into a confirmed operational commitment without retyping its commercial details.
Capture the freight that is actually being requested
Record the origin and destination, date window, commodity, quantity, piece dimensions, volume, weight, dangerous-goods flag and customer information. Use separate paths for consignments and whole-aircraft charter enquiries.
Build versioned operator quotations
Set freight, fuel surcharge, security, handling, dangerous-goods, charter and other charge lines. Choose chargeable-weight, actual-weight or flat pricing bases, and review the volumetric factor and suggested rates before approving the sell price.
Use rate cards as a starting point
Maintain rates and weight breaks in Cargo Planning. Request suggestions against an enquiry, then review each amount rather than implying completely unattended price generation.
Convert accepted sales work into operations
Mark quotation statuses, accept an eligible quote and create a consignment on an existing matching flight or a new cargo charter flight. That is the key handover between the commercial request and the load/flight workflow.
Turn a cargo enquiry into a controlled sales and allocation record
Start with what the customer is actually shipping
The request can describe an individual consignment or an entire aircraft charter. It captures commodity, route, requested date window, pieces, gross weight, volume, maximum dimensions and dangerous-goods status. That is more useful than asking a sales representative to work from a single 'kg and airport' email, because the commercial offer and later loading decisions depend on the details collected at the beginning.
Version the offer and explain each charge
Create quotations using flat, weight-based or chargeable-weight-based pricing. Rate-card suggestions and volume factors can assist price construction; charge categories include freight, fuel surcharge, security, handling, dangerous goods, charter and other charges. Versions preserve the changing commercial proposal. Quotes can be marked sent, rejected or accepted, but marking a quotation as sent is not proof that FlightStratix dispatched an email automatically.
Acceptance should lead into an operational next step
Accepting an eligible quotation can produce a consignment on a matching existing flight or create a new cargo charter flight. That handoff connects commercial intent with actual flight capacity and avoids relying on a separate spreadsheet where sales and operations manually reconcile bookings. It does not mean that every cargo enquiry is guaranteed capacity, nor that airline GDS-style online selling has been implemented.
Keep the booking useful after acceptance
Once created, the shipment supports receipt, acceptance for carriage, holds, flight allocations, offloads, delivery and tracking events. Users can allocate individual pieces or split them between flights. Capacity planning can show remaining space and cargo configurations govern the later load plan. This page should make clear where sales ends and operational cargo management takes over, linking to shipment management and load planning.
Describe pricing results carefully
Cargo reporting can show accepted quotation revenue by currency and revenue per chargeable kilogram. Accepted revenue is not the same as an issued invoice or money collected, and the current source review did not establish automatic end-to-end quote-to-cash settlement. Use wording such as 'carry accepted rates into an operational workflow' rather than 'automatically collect every cargo payment'.
Turn accepted terms into a clear operational handoff.
Keep the quote and shipment requirements together
Review the cargo request and accepted commercial details before handing work to operations. The shipment record should preserve the context needed to allocate the cargo and prepare the flight.
Explore shipment managementCarry the booking into load preparation
An accepted booking is the start of operational preparation. Review the shipment allocation and loading data with the flight team, then keep the subsequent events linked to the booking context.
Connect the cargo load plan- Capture requestRecord cargo enquiry detailsComplete
- Prepare quoteBuild versioned charge linesComplete
- 03Review chargesApply rate cards and rulesIn review
- 04Record acceptanceCustomer agrees to termsPending
- 05Create shipmentConsignment or charter flightPending
See it in context
A last-minute cargo charter quotation
A shipper requests a multi-piece urgent movement where the largest piece exceeds a standard compartment dimension. Sales records the dimensions, weight, date window and commodity before building a charter quotation. On acceptance, a cargo charter flight can be created for operations review. The loading team then checks the configuration and actual allocation, rather than assuming the accepted price means the load is flight-ready.
An operational example
A cargo customer asks for an urgent consignment of eight pieces. Sales enters dimensions and commodities, reviews chargeable weight and rate-card suggestions, then records a revised quote. After acceptance, the booking becomes a shipment linked to a selected flight, ready for piece allocation and load planning.
Where it fits in FlightStratix
Frequently Asked Questions
Does 'mark sent' email the quote automatically?
The source review describes a quotation status action; automatic email delivery was not established.
Does this replace an external freight-booking marketplace?
No marketplace-wide availability or third-party live booking connection is established in the supplied reference.
Can quotes use dimensional or chargeable weight?
Yes. The quotation tools support chargeable-weight/weight/flat bases and display volumetric factors and charge lines.
Does accepting a quote create cargo records?
Acceptance can create a consignment on an existing matching flight or a new cargo charter flight, subject to the applicable workflow.
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