IATA workshop “The move toward 100% e-AWB” to be held in Israel

The IATA e-AWB removes the requirement for a paper air waybill (AWB), simplifying the airfreight process for the supply chain.
 
IATA's e-AWB workshop aims at raising awareness on e-AWB business process, standards, messages, legal framework, industry targets and also illustrate how regulators support the initiatives.
 
The IATA e-AWB removes the requirement for a paper air waybill (AWB), simplifying the airfreight process for the supply chain.
 
There is no longer a need to print, handle or archive the paper AWB. An e-AWB means more accurate information, more confidentiality, more efficiency as well as the opportunity to reduce costs (no paper handling and archiving). It also means faster air freight shipments – for example, there will no longer be delays due to the paper AWB being misplaced or lost. The e-AWB standard has been adopted by the IATA Cargo Services Conference and the industry in 2010 under Recommended Practice 1670. To date, airlines and freight forwarders are implementing the e-AWB and some key airlines has mandate 100% e-AWB in their home market and logistics hubs. 
 
e-AWB has been piloted by 12 airlines in 10 countries. The IATA Cargo Committee in Sep 2010 endorsed the move toward 100% e-AWB by end of 2014. The workshop which will be held next month aims at giving industry stakeholders some feedback from early adopters on the benefits, advantages and on the best practices to implement e-AWB successfully. Finally the workshop will help, by providing some recommendations on the strategy and the key milestones, to implement an e-AWB. Airlines and freight forwarders are now implementing the e-AWB and the road to 100% was endorses by end of 2014.
 
The Israel Customs directorate has approved the legality of electronic Air Waybill acceptance. Following a meeting initiated by IATA and IFFCCA, the Israel Customs Authority approved the legality of electronic Air Waybill acceptance, related to the custom's broker export declaration within the scope of the customs clearance process for export. The approval granted by Israel Customs has cleared all "road blocks" for the e-AWB implementation in Israel.