Leading air charter broker Avico has started listing freighter capacity with online marketplace Airblox, a fintech platform which enables brokers, freight forwarders and airlines to trade cargo capacity in the form of standardized electronic Block Space Agreements (eBSAs™).

A block space agreement (BSA) is the purchase of an agreed capacity or space on the flight of an airline or a carrier. Buyers of capacity of any size can bid for, buy out right, or block space from the holder of a BSA electronically using Airblox’s eBSAs™.

“This is a collaborative alliance as we create the world’s first digital cargo capacity exchange, where air cargo capacity can be traded as eBSAs™” said Edip Pektas, Founder, Airblox.

“As the leading French air broker with over 26 years’ experience in chartering, Avico is a perfect fit to join our growing community of airlines, General Sales Agents, and freight forwarders benefitting from our air cargo capacity.”

“We are aiming to optimize the capacity we are chartering and create value on otherwise empty legs on behalf of our customers across the air freight community, even for ad hoc flights,” said Sébastien Drieu, Cargo Director, Avico.

“If we charter a freighter to transport oversized cargo, for example, our customers will benefit from us being able to make use of capacity, which would otherwise not be used. At the same time we are creating new opportunities for the airfreight community worldwide and adding value to the market.”