To :
All HAFFA Members
Ref : HAFFA
News 04 (2013-2014)
Date : 09 May 2013
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HAFFA News Extract ~
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATION (IATA)
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IATA Multilateral e-AWB
Agreement is now in effect
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Signing the agreement is
FREE
Further to News 02 dated 02
May 2013, Members may be aware that IATA has announced that the multilateral
e-AWB agreement is now in effect officially. This is a key enabler to accelerate the uptake
of the e-AWB. The agreement
enables forwarders who chose to, to dispense with the need to complete a paper
based air waybill in order to complete the contract for carriage with the
airlines for each consignment tendered.
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IATA Update
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e-AWB Implementation Toolkit
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How to Implement e-AWB?
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Implementing e-AWB is easy!
Please refer to the following IATA update including
the e-AWB implementation toolkit for Members’ information that is
self-explanatory.
// IATA Update:
Great News!
Resolution 672 “FORM OF MULTILATERAL E-AIR
WAYBILL AGREEMENT” is declared effective on 18 April 2013. Consequently,
airlines and freight forwarders are now able to sign the multilateral e-AWB
agreement.
As you know, the multilateral e-AWB agreement
enables airlines and freight forwarders to sign once with IATA and do e-AWB
with all participating parties, eliminating the need to sign hundreds of
bilateral agreements.
IATA launched an awareness campaign and
you may soon be contacted by IATA local representatives. For more information,
please contact IATA Cargo at cargo@iata.org
Reference Documents:
Multilateral
agreement
You can download copy of the multilateral
agreement, along with joining instructions and FAQ, from the IATA website: www.iata.org/e-awb-multilateral
Resolution 672
You may download the CSC Declaration of
Effectiveness memo for Resolution 672 from the hyperlink:
Quick Reference
Guides:
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e-AWB Quick
Reference Guide for Airlines
The e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Airlines gives
an overview on how an airline can implement e-AWB.
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/eawb/Documents/e-awb-quick-reference-guide-airline.pdf
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e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Freight
Forwarders (How to implement e-AWB)
The
e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for
Freight Forwarders gives an overview on how a freight forwarder can
implement e-AWB.
Some
business partners may still wish to do e-AWB under the bilateral e-AWB
agreement which is allowed and it is provided in Recommended Practice (RP) 1670.
Copy of RP1670 is available at:
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/eawb/Documents/rp1670-june2012-web.pdf
Best
Practices and Recommendations:
The e-AWB Advisory Group and other
industry e-AWB participants have agreed on the following best practices and
recommendations:
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Recommendation on how to determine shipments
that can be processed as e-AWB and the use of the special handling code ECC
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/eawb/Documents/iata-recommendation-ecc-code.pdf
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Recommendation on the number of freight-forwarder-issued FWB that an
airline IT system should be capable to process
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/eawb/Documents/e-awb-recommendation-multiple-fwbs.pdf
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Recommended practice on the label to be placed on the pouch when there
is no accompanying paper air waybill - New CSC Recommended Practice 1600u Cargo
Pouch Label
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/eawb/Documents/rp1600u-march2013.pdf
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Functional specifications for e-AWB
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/Documents/e-awb-functional-specifications.pdf
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Functional specifications for e-AWB in case of interlining
Electronic
Messaging:
e-AWB requires the exchange of
electronic messages. You can download the overview of the involved electronic
messages from the hyperlink below:
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/cargo/e/eawb/Documents/e-awb-messaging.pdf
It is recommended to use either Cargo-XML
or Cargo-IMP messages to support e-AWB:
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Cargo-XML
http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/cargo-xml-messaging-toolkit.aspx
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Cargo-IMP
http://www.iata.org/publications/pages/cimp.aspx
End of IATA Update //