IATA’s Initiatives
To help the Air Cargo Industry
in a Fragile Economic Context
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Economic Outlook
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Economic Outlook
In Latin America:
Air Freight growth is over 3%
in Latin America even if it
suffered an important drop
compared to the previous
month
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Economic Outlook
Comparison Settled Amounts 2013 Vs. 2012
The Americas (excl. USA):
2013 trend is similar to
2012 in the Region
Source CASS
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Economic Outlook
In the World:
The evolution of the Air
Shipments has been
moderately positive during
the last 2 years
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Economic Outlook
Uptick in export orders at
the start of Q3
Positive signal for both
Trade Growth and Air
Freight demand in months
to come.
Globally, IATA expects a
moderate growth
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IATA’s Objectives
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IATA’s Objective
Make the Air Freight More Competitive
Cost Reductions
Modernize the Processes
Promote the Airfreight
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Costs Reduction
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Costs Reduction
Advocacy:
We challenge unreasonable rules and charges
Help to lower your charges and to do business smoothly
Training, key to success:
Our ITDI training Center delivers up-to-date Cargo Trainings and
Diplomas, some of them in co-operation with the Harvard University
Improve your Cost Control, your Strategic Decisions and
Processes
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Costs Reduction
Secure Freight:
From costly Security Controls to a Trustable and Recognized Secured Supply Chain
Our aim:
Help Countries to develop a National Security Plan meeting the
OACI’s requirements
Involve Airport Authorities, Airlines, Ground Handlers, Cargo
Agents, Shippers, Civil Aviation, the Police, the Customs
Authorities
Obtain the Recognition of Secure Freight by existing National
Security Programs in the World
Expected Benefits:
Reduce Time Loss and Security Costs while establishing
irreproachable Security processes.
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Costs Reduction
ACC3:
For Security purposes, as from July 1st 2014, the European
Union says that:
“Air Cargo or Mail Carrier operating into the Union from a Third
Country Airport” have to be ACC3 validated by an Independent
Validator.
Others Actors than Carriers wishing to Secure the Freight
can apply for an Audit of their Operations by an Independent
Validator.
IATA developed the CEIV, first Independent Validators
Training Center to be Approved by the European Union.
The list of the Independent Validators is available here.
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Modernize the Air Cargo
Industry
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Modernize the Air Cargo Industry
Our life in 2013…
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Modernize the Air Cargo Industry
Some other interesting Examples…
Would your children be able to
identify this Air Ticket?
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Modernize the Air Cargo Industry
IATA works with and for you!
E-Freight
E-Air Waybill
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Modernize the Air Cargo Industry
e-freight vision
“Building and implementing an end-to-end
paperless transportation process for the
air
cargo
industry
where
paper
documents are replaced with the
exchange of electronic data”
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Modernize the Air Cargo Industry
Shipper
Carrier
Origin
Freight Forwarder
Export
Customs
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Invoice
Packing List
Certificate of Origin
Letter of Instruction
Dangerous Goods Dec.
CITES Certificate*
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8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Ground
Handler
Ground
Handler
Air Waybill
House Waybill
House Manifest
Export Goods Declaration
Customs Release Export
Security Declaration*
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14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Import
Customs
Flight Manifest*
Freight Booked List*
Export Cargo Declaration
Import Cargo Declaration
Transfer Manifest
Transit Declaration*
Destination
Freight Forwarder
Consignee
e-freight scope
19. Import Goods Declaration
20. Customs Release Import
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Modernize the Air Cargo Industry
E-AWB
1st step towards the e-Freight
An Industry initiative:
Standards developed with and endorsed by
Airlines (IATA), Cargo Agents (FIATA), Customs
Authorities (WCO)
Working sessions organized by IATA take place
in several countries to implement the e-AWB with
key players from the Supply Chain, in direct
contact with the local Authorities.
The adoption of the e-AWB brings benefits to Everybody…
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Benefits of e-AWB
Airlines
(Case study with an airline)
Increase
productivity
Eliminate operational tasks
Eliminate double keyboarding and
reduce number of manual errors
Eliminate risk of losing documents
Process shipments faster
Reduce
costs
Reduce storage costs by
eliminating paper documents and
free up office space
Respond
faster to
regulator
bodies
Reduce cycle time
Perform pre-clearance to the
customs
Submit data with better quality to
customs
Contribute to the advanced
reporting requirements
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Increase
quality of
information
Reuse customer data in an
automated way
Improve data accuracy, integrity,
validity, consistency, criticality and
information completeness
Improve
customer
service
Provide an improved & efficient
service to the freight forwarder by
simplifying their paper handling
work and reducing their downtimes
Pro-actively alert freight forwarder
on document issues to let them
adjust quickly and ensure loading
of cargo as scheduled
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Benefits of e-AWB
Freight Forwarders
(Case study with a freight forwarder)
Increase
productivity
Reduce
costs
Eliminate operational tasks and
risk of losing documents
Save time by not waiting and
queuing anymore at acceptance
carrier’s counters
Save time in correcting mistakes
Streamline process: remove paper
process on top of current electronic
data exchange
Reduce storage costs by
eliminating paper documents and
free up valuable office space
Eliminate costs of paper
destruction and recycling in efreight environment
Eliminate need to purchase neutral
AWB
Reduce printing costs
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Improve
customer
service
Eliminate the management of
discrepancies due to missing
documents
Handle urgent shipments with
ease
Provide immediate answer to
customer via digital data access
Facilitate customs clearance and
speed up goods delivery
Increase
quality of
information
Improve data accuracy, integrity,
validity, consistency, criticality and
information completeness
Use of electronic data instead of
paper that can be lost
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Benefits of e-AWB
Customs
Increase
productivity
Capability to automate processing
Capability to access data prior to
the arrival of physical shipment,
contributing to the advanced
reporting requirements
Reduce need to key in data
Increase
quality of
information
Reuse custom data in an
automated way
Improve data accuracy, integrity,
validity, consistency, criticality and
information completeness
Enable data sharing with other
government agencies
Reduce
costs
Reduce storage costs by
eliminating paper documents and
free up office space
Reduce manpower costs related to
handling paper and keying of
information
Increase
level
of security
Capability to detect automatically
inconsistency between documents
Capability to automatically capture
security related data
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Some of the Carriers implementing the e-AWB
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Your next steps to stay competitive:
Be legally prepared to issue e-AWBs
Sign the Multilateral Agreement
Ensure IT readiness
Contact IT Providers
Contact some Airlines to make a Pilot
Activate the Multilateral
Ensure Correct Data Quality
Decide when you stop issuing paper AWBs…and start taking
benefits of a new way of doing business!
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The Multilateral e-AWB agreement
Free of Charge
Signed once with IATA
Legally allows you to issue
e-AWB
Conditions of Carriage
MULTILATERAL
AGREEMENT
Unchanged
Endorsed by FITAC and
most of the Freight
Forwarders’ Associations.,
including FIATA
Does not oblige you to issue
Multilateral agreement
(Resolution 672)
all your AWBs electronically
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IT Solutions
Freight Forwarders with e-AWB capable in-house IT system:
Connect the system to the Airline’s one to send and receive FWB
messages (format Cargo-IMP or new Cargo-XML to the Airlines)
Freight Forwarders without e-AWB capable in-house IT system:
Use
Web Portals developed by the Airlines, CCS, local FF
Association…
Or, alternatively,
Contact the IATA strategic Partners or any other providers, who
propose ready-to-deploy solutions
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IATA Strategic Partners
IATA Strategic Partners are IT Service Providers that are working
with IATA on cargo initiatives
Directory of IATA Strategic Partners:
http://www.iata.org/about/sp/Pages/partners.aspx
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Promote the Air Cargo
Industry
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Promote the Air Cargo Industry
Campaign “Air Cargo Makes It Happen”
IATA created as set of different Posters and
Postcards to promote the Air Cargo Industry
Do not hesitate to contact us should you like to
publish some of advertisements in your internal
brochures, in your webpage, or during
exhibitions
These documents’ files are provided to you free
of charge to develop the Industry.
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“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the
ones most responsive to change.”
Charles Robert Darwin
Thank you
Olivier Sécache
Regional Cargo Manager, The Americas
Secacheo@iata.org
www.iata.org
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