Messages & Special Handling Codes (SHC)

(Paper) Air Waybill

The FWB message is the digital version of the master Airway bill

The FHL message is the digital version of the house way bill.

Freight Status Update for all shipment movements

RCS is the status message, used by Cargo iQ, indicating that your shipment has been accepted for carriage by the airline.

Special Handling Code

This special handling code indicates that no physical pouch will accompany the shipment on the plan to its destinations.

This special handling code indicates that the shipment will be accompanied by a pouch.

This special handling code is entered by the airline only and indicates that you have signed an EDI contract with Airfrance KLM and therefor no paper (copy) of the airway bill will be handed over by the driver delivering the shipment to our warehouse.

Electronic Data Interchange: technique whereby computers communicate with each other via a standardized format.

The EDI contract is a contract replacing the reverse of the paper airwaybill as the legal contract of carriage applying to all FWB send by that freight forwarder