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Paperwork plays an important role in our industry. Paper documents can get lost, handling them takes valuable time and they leave an ecological footprint. But with your help we can change this, by getting rid of the pouch, sending your documents directly to the final destination (e-Freight) and removing the need for a hardcopy Air Waybill by signing an EDI contract with IATA (e-AWB) and confirm this with an Activation Notice with Airfrance / KLM.
The goal of e-Freight is to digitalise paper documents throughout our supply chain, providing you a more cost efficient, accurate and reliable shipping process.
There are many benefits of implementing the e-AWB for Shippers/Freight Forwaders and airlines. The following are just some of the key benefits of the e-AWB that have been identified by industry stakeholders: a Reduction in processing cost due to the removal of paper air waybill; a greater accuracy of air waybill data; a reduction in shipment handling delay due to missing or illegible paper air waybill; and Real-time access to air waybill data.
Sign IATA Multilateral e-AWB Agreement, Capability to send out FWB / XFWB and FHL / XFHL messages, quality tests and activation notice (bilateral agreement) sent by the Airline
The Multilateral e-AWB Agreement (MeA) provides the legal framework for parties to conclude cargo contracts by electronic means. MeA ensures freight forwarders will have an agreement that will allow them to tender e-AWB shipments to multiple airlines.
Before you can use the e-AWB, airline and freight forwarder need to decide about the locations where they will start with e-AWBs. Together they can validate and ensure e-AWB operational readiness of both parties (such as business processes, electronic communication and data quality). The Activation Notice is abilateral agreement.
When you have been activated by the airline, you can start using e-AWBs, no need to deliver your paper AWB to AF KLM office. You only have to send the e-awb and if a paper AWB is still required at final stations, we will print it for you.
No, for destinations that may require a paper AWB for regulatory, operational or customs reasons, AFKL will print the paper AWB for you, based on the air waybill data transmitted (see single process).
You deliver your paper documents in a pouch (identified with AWB number) and ensure your FWB includes the special handling code (SHC) EAP (Electronic airwaybill with Pouch).
EAW – special handling code indicating that there is no document pouch to be delivered by the freight forwarder EAP – special handling code indicating that there is a document pouch to be delivered by the freight forwarder.
The FNA is a message sent automatically to the sender of the FWB/FHL. It indicates a syntax/content error of the FWB/FHL message. You need to correct the message and send it back.