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e-AWB
The essentials
December 2012

1. Understanding e-AWB
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What is e-AWB?
 The Air Waybill (AWB) is a critical air cargo document

that constitutes the contract of carriage between the “shipper” (forwarder) and the “carrier” (airline)
 The recommended practice 1670 (RP1670) specifies

how to do e-AWB. It removes therequirement for a paper Air Waybill, significantly simplifying the air freight supply chain process
 With the e-AWB, there is no longer a need to print,

handle or archive the paper AWB
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e-AWB Benefits
 Reduced processing cost due to the removal of paper

AWB and the elimination of the requirements to file paper AWB Greater accuracy of air waybill data  Reduced cargo handling delays due to missing or illegible paper AWB  Real-time access to AWB information from all stations, for airline staff and for GHAs

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What is e-AWB?
Front (600a) Back (600b)

Paper Air Waybill

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Electronic messages
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e-AWB
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Signed e-AWBagreement

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Electronic messages
Waybill messages (sent by the forwarder) Status messages (sent by the airline)

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FWB
Waybill

FSU/FOH FSU/RCS
Status

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e-AWB agreement (RP1670)
Annex A: defines the electronic messages and other technicalaspects Main part of the agreement Annex B: defines the conditions of contract (Resolution 600i) Annex C: defines the technical specifications of the Cargo Receipt
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The Cargo Receipt
The cargo receipt shall be produced by the Carrier upon Shipper’s request. Resolution 600g specifies the layout.

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How does it work?
 “Immediate Cargo Receipt Delivery” option
Parties sign an e-AWB agreement (once for all subsequent shipments)

Freight Forwarder
Prepare Consol Deliver Freight Print Cargo Receipt (if need be)

Airline
FWB/FHL
(system starts data validation)

Receive Information Receive Freight

FSU/RCS
(produce cargo receipt)

FreightAcceptance

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How does it work?
 “Deferred Cargo Receipt Delivery” option
Parties sign an e-AWB agreement (once for all subsequent shipments)

Freight Forwarder
Prepare Consol Deliver Freight

Airline
FWB/FHL
(system starts data validation)

Receive Information Receive Freight (warehouse receipt)

FSU/FOH
Print CargoReceipt (if need be)
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Freight on Hand Freight Acceptance

FSU/RCS
(produce cargo receipt)
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Where can we do e-AWB?
 Montreal Convention 99

No treaty trade-lanes Warsaw trade-lanes

(MC99) and Montreal Protocol 4 (MP4) allow the use of an eAWB in lieu of the paper AWB
 Paper is REQUIRED on other

trade-lanes (Warsawtradelanes)
 80% of the worldwide cargo

MC99/MP4 trade lanes allow e-AWB (accounting for 80% of the cargo volumes)

volume occurs on routes underlying an international treaty compatible with e-AWB
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2. The e-AWB project
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100% e-AWB by 2015

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Air cargo’s modernization challenge
Electronic messages exist since the 80’s, but the air cargo industry still relies on paper & human intervention Airfreight shipment generates up to 30 different paper documents!

Behaviors have not changed yet: bookings, track & trace still predominantly based-on human intervention
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