e-AWB Implementation Toolkit

Follow the check-list!

Implementing e-AWB is easy! IATA developed the 3 quick reference guides to help airlines, freight forwarders and ground handlers:

• The e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Airlines (pdf)
• The e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Freight Forwarders (pdf)
• The e-AWB Quick Reference Guide for Ground Handlers (pdf)

Best practices and recommendations

The eAWB Advisory Group and other industry e-AWB participants have agreed on the following best practices and recommendations:

Functional specifications

• Functional specifications for e-AWB (pdf)
• Functional specifications for e-AWB in case of interlining (pdf)

Multilateral or bilateral e-AWB agreement?

• Resolution 672, also known as the multilateral e-AWB agreement, is a critical tool to start e-AWB.  Visit the dedicated webpage!
• Some business partners may alternatively wish to do e-AWB under the bilateral e-AWB agreement which is provided in Recommended Practice (RP) 1670. Download copy of RP1670.

Electronic messages

e-AWB requires the exchange of electronic messages. You find here an overview of the involved electronic messages.

It is recommended to use either Cargo-XML or Cargo-IMP messages to support e-AWB.

• Recommendation on how to determine shipments that can be processed as e-AWB and the use of the special handling code ECC (pdf)
• Recommendation on the number of freight-forwarder-issued FWB that an airline IT system should be capable to process (pdf)

Labelling

• Recommended practice on the label to be placed on the pouch when there is no accompanying paper air waybill -  New CSC Recommended Practice1600u Cargo Pouch Label (pdf)