Digital solutions to speed up the transportation of your cargo

Find out more about the various TAP Air Cargo solutions available when booking your cargo online and all the tools at your disposal to make the process simpler and more agile.

TAP Air Cargo's digital solutions

Discover the TAP Air Cargo booking portal at www.tapcargo.com, where you can make an online booking for the transportation of your cargo, manage the entire transport process and track its progress completely independently, and the other online platforms where you can also book Tap Air Cargo: Cargo.One, WebCargo and CargoAi.

Discover also the connectivity solutions with Tap Air Cargo's cargo management system — CHAMP Cargospot Airline — through the APIs library provided by CHAMP Cargosystems, and the benefits of the Traxon CargoHUB communication platform for a fully digital experience.

TAP Air Cargo booking portal

Take control and book your shipments yourself with TAP Air Cargo. Fast, easy to access and always available (24/7), our bookings portal will transform your booking process into a simple and convenient experience.

Main features

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Availability and quotes

- Search for flights with space, fares and fees.
- Verification of flight status, capacity, etc.
- Use of connections defined in Cargospot.

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Online Booking

- Direct connection with Cargospot.
- Simple booking or in Allotments.
- Real-time confirmation.
- View and edition of the booking made from any channel.
- Use of Templates for recurring bookings.

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Master & house air waybills

- Submission of master/house air waybill to Cargospot.
- Option to create, update and print.
- Uploading CSV files for larger cargo volumes
- Using Templates for recurring submissions.

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Booking tracking

- Cargo tracking.
- Receive updates regarding the state of the cargo.

Start exploring the TAP Air Cargo bookings portal and discover a simple and quick way to book your cargo transport. If you need help, our Contact Center is available, send your message to ptcargobkg@tap.pt. You can also call (+351) 218 431 223, available from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Other booking portals

Cargo.one

An easy way to make your booking with TAP Air Cargo. This booking platform gives you access, in real time, to the various options of origins and destinations of TAP Air Cargo with availability of cargo transportation and respective capacity and fares. You can make your booking online in seconds. The platform is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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WebCargo

Is a 100% free platform, with real-time prices and direct e-booking. Through this platform, you can save time spent searching for rates or with cargo bookings to close more deals. WebCargo enables a more efficient search for air cargo rates and provides direct e-booking with TAP Air Cargo.

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CargoAi

A digital platform that allows you to manage the entire air cargo booking process through a single tool. You can request quotations, e-booking (which reaches TAP Air Cargo through APIs), track &trace, complete and real-time visibility of the cargo capacity, as well as a CO2 calculator that allows you to monitor your environmental footprint.

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See how you can digitize the cargo transport process through our connectivity solutions

API library: an easy and reliable integration solution

A service made available by TAP Air Cargo, via CHAMP's Cargospot APIs.

TAP Air Cargo entered into a partnership with CHAMP Cargosystems, with the objective of offering new services, always in line with our mission of providing a reliable and personalized service.

The API library allows direct data integration with TAP's main cargo management application - CHAMP's Cargospot Airline.

Now you can connect to TAP Air Cargo directly through your system for a completely digital experience - whether in terms of availability, price, bookings, capacity or cargo visibility. This progress will improve our collaboration and contribute to offer a unique and personalized service. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

TAP Air Cargo currently offers eight exclusive APIs. For direct integration with our cargo management application, or other information, contact us via the email address ptcargobkg@tap.pt.

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APIs available to manage the transport of your cargo
1. Cargospot Create Booking
  It allows for the creation of a booking.
2. Cargospot Get Flight Capacity
  Provides details of the load capacity for one or more flights.
3. Cargospot Availability & Price
  Provides a list of available flights and the price applicable to specific origin-destination combinations.
4. Cargospot Update Booking
  It allows to see updated information and details of an individual booking.
5. Cargospot Cancel Booking
  It allows to cancel a booking.
6. Cargospot Track and Trace
  It allows to consult the location and follow up, by indicating the Consignment Note.
7. Cargospot Retrieve Booking Details
  It allows to obtain the details of a specific booking.
8. Cargospot Retrieve Booking List
  It allows to obtain a list of bookings for a given search criterion.

For more details, visit the CHAMP developer portal, where you will find detailed information about these APIs, such as specifications and instructions for use.

To integrate directly with our load management application, or for other information, contact us via email ptcargobkg@tap.pt.

6. CargoHub: a transport network, always connected

We present the perfect communication between airlines, carriers and the air cargo supply chain.

TRAXON cargoHUB is an excellent platform for the electronic exchange of data worldwide. The platform efficiently connects the entire air transport community, regardless of the IT or systems configuration, obtaining greater productivity at a lower cost.

Features of TRAXON cargoHUB:

Improvement of the quality and integrity of the distribution chain.
Execution and confirmation in a few seconds of bookings, operations, document processing and customs processes.
Alignment with the latest industry standards.
Processing and converting standard messages and personalized messages.

Benefits for dispatchers:

Electronic access to more than 100 airlines in the CHAMP community.
Simplification of processes, through the automatic electronic sending of Master and House Air Waybill Data to airlines, without manual intervention of the forwarder system.
Speeding up the handling of your air cargo on the carrier.
Reduced spending on airline surcharges, charged for manual AWB processing.
Ability to locate and track quickly and easily. You will receive automatic updates from carriers about the status of your cargo.
Involvement in the IATA e-Freight and e-AWB initiative.

Digital solutions to speed up the transportation of your cargo

TAP Air Cargo's digital solutions

TAP Air Cargo booking portal

See how you can digitize the cargo transport process through our connectivity solutions

API library: an easy and reliable integration solution

APIs available to manage the transport of your cargo

6. CargoHub: a transport network, always connected