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E-freight improves the<br />
efficiency, speed, and security<br />
of the air cargo supply<br />
chain. Its implementation will<br />
be a game-changer.<br />
E-freight is about building a<br />
paper-free air cargo supply<br />
chain. Each international air<br />
freight item can require more<br />
than 30 paper documents,<br />
increasing the cost of air freight<br />
and lengthening transport<br />
times. E-freight engages the<br />
entire cargo supply chain to put<br />
in place standards that remove<br />
paper documents from the<br />
process of shipping air cargo,<br />
from origin to destination. The<br />
documents are replaced with<br />
the exchange of electronic data.<br />
The first phase of the project<br />
focused on building an<br />
e-freight network. In 2011, the<br />
attention turned to building<br />
up e-freight volume over this<br />
network with a target of achieving<br />
10% e-freight penetration<br />
on live e-freight trade lanes.<br />
This target was exceeded with<br />
the achievement of 11.1% efreight<br />
penetration. The Global<br />
Air Cargo Advisory Group<br />
(GACAG), a unified voice for<br />
the cargo industry that includes<br />
<strong>IATA</strong>; F<strong>IATA</strong> (International<br />
Federation of Freight<br />
Forwarders Associations);<br />
TIACA (the International Air<br />
Cargo Association); and the<br />
Global Shippers Forum, is<br />
taking the lead in supporting<br />
e-freight adoption across the<br />
industry.<br />
In <strong>2012</strong>, <strong>IATA</strong> is focusing on<br />
mobilizing airlines to adopt<br />
the e-Air Waybill (e-AWB), a<br />
catalyst for achieving e-freight.<br />
The <strong>IATA</strong> Board of Governors<br />
has set a <strong>2012</strong> target of 15%<br />
e-AWB global penetration.<br />
<strong>IATA</strong> e-services mark the final<br />
step on the path to paperless<br />
travel.<br />
<strong>IATA</strong>’s vision for a seamless<br />
travel experience for passengers<br />
involves three steps<br />
that will remove paper documents<br />
from the passenger’s<br />
journey. Step 1, e-ticketing,<br />
was completed in 2008. Step<br />
2, bar-coded boarding passes<br />
(BCBP), through which <strong>IATA</strong><br />
has enabled mobile phone<br />
boarding passes, was completed<br />
in 2010. Step 3 is the ongoing<br />
<strong>IATA</strong> e-services project.<br />
E-services focus on a range of<br />
paper miscellaneous documents,<br />
such as excess baggage<br />
tickets or lounge access,<br />
which stand in the way of an<br />
entirely smooth and seamless<br />
experience for passengers.<br />
Airline electronic versions of<br />
these documents don’t always<br />
provide the flexibility that interline<br />
passengers need.<br />
$0.88<br />
Fast Travel initiative<br />
estimated saving per<br />
passenger.<br />
37<br />
24 hours<br />
Estimated cycle-time<br />
saving per consignment<br />
from the e-freight<br />
initiative.
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