CIN welcomes French automaker
Leading French automotive group PSA, which includes the brands of Citroen, Opel, Peugeot and DS, has joined the Paris-based CIN FRANCE (Cargo Information Network). This cargo community system manages digitally air cargo traffic for all French airports for both import and export. CIN was launched in January 2016 to track all freight traffic from factory […]
Delta Cargo pushes for digitalisation with iPad kiosks
Delta Cargo has launched self-service iPad kiosks in Atlanta and Boston, requiring electronic air waybills (e-AWB) as standard operating procedure. The air waybill is a critical air cargo document constituting the contract of carriage between the shipper and Delta Cargo. The implementation supports Delta Cargo and the International Air Transport Association’s efforts to move from […]
E-freight is the past, the future is digital
E-freight is the word of the past, the future will consist of other technologies including big data, e-Cargoware chief executive, Ramesh Darbha (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. He points out the e-freight was defined more than a decade ago, based on the technologies of the time. Since then, new technologies including artificial intelligence, distributed ledgers […]
Vertannes joins e-Cargoware as non-executive chairman
Cargo management company – e-Cargoware – has appointed former IATA head of cargo, Des Vertannes as its non-executive chairman of the board. e-Cargoware’s cloud-based platform is used by ground handlers, GSAs and airlines to manage their sales, operations and management of cargo. Vertannes says: “Over a period, e-Cargoware as built a niche of its own […]
Alaska Air Cargo launches real-time booking engine
Alaska Air Cargo has launched a new booking and tracking capability powered by SmartKargo. Alaska’s adoption of the SmartKargo Portal functionality now leverages all IATA standard C-IMP messages to communicate with the airline’s existing systems landscape. It also provides the technology to adopt the paperless transformation of key business processes, including e-AWB and the capability to digitally collect, store and […]
Sharing of information is the biggest problem in the chain
Digital transformation and adoption of new technologies within the air cargo industry is gaining traction and evolving. However, there is still much work to do and the need for less resistance to change to technology, and more sharing of information to improve transparency become ever more important. CHAMP Cargosystems chief executive officer, Arnaud Lambert (pictured […]
IATA implements CASS in Russia
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has implemented its Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems (CASS) in Russia in partnership with Russian bank VTB and Aeroflot. CASS is designed to simplify the billing and settlement of accounts between airlines and freight forwarders. It operates through CASSlink, an advanced, global, web-enabled e-billing solution. At the end of 2016, […]
IATA e-AWB penetration target still some way off
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penatration rate reached 40.5 per cent in August. This is still some way below the target it set of 56 per cent by the end of the year, and a 0.9 per cent increase on July, when the penetration rate was 39.6 per […]
New e-booking platform launched by WebCargo
WebCargo has launched an e-booking platform in partnership with the ECS Group – directly within the system that forwarders have been using for years. This means instead of having to learn how to use each airline’s individual online systems or sending emails with no structure, forwarders can send in booking requests directly from their pricing […]
Dallas Fort Worth designated an e-airport
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has been designated an ‘e-airport’ having become fully electronic airway bill (e-AWB) compliant as designated by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). To qualify as an e-airport, the majority of airlines and cargo handlers had to adopt e-AWBs. Companies are using technology to streamline documentation and e-AWBs increases speed […]
Free access to e-AWB’s for WCA members through WIN
Independent forwarder members of the WCA will all have free access to WIN’s e-Air Waybill (e-AWB) platform for the remainder of this year, delegates at the WCA’s Annual Conference 2016 heard on Monday. The platform, which connects to over 90 airlines, is now open for WCA members to submit any International Air Transport Association (IATA) […]
Swiss WorldCargo to up e-AWB efforts
Swiss WorldCargo says it has been intensifying its efforts to adopt the new electronic air waybill (e-AWB). The Switzerland carrier is one of a number of International Air Transport Association (IATA) carriers that have taken the lead in the e-AWB 360 campaign, and have committed to offering e-AWB under the ‘Single Process’ concept at a number of […]
Industry misses e-AWB penetration target
The airfreight industry has missed the 2015 electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration target of 45 per cent set by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), managing just 36.4 per cent. This is in contrast to 2014, when the industry beat the target of 22 per cent target, hitting 24.8 per cent. Penetration rose quickly from […]
IATA e-AWB end of year target likely to be missed
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration has risen to 35.1 per cent in October, an improvement on September but reaching the end of year target of 45 per cent is unlikely. Penetration increased by 0.9 per cent over September, according to the International Air Transport Association, but this is a slowdown compared to previous months, which […]