1 Multilateral e-AWB Agreement Sign Once, Connect All !

2 Background  The Air Waybill (AWB) is the contract of carriage between Airline and “Shipper”  The e-Air Waybill (e-AWB) is an electronic cargo contract that replaces the paper AWB:  Face of the paper AWB is replaced with electronic messages  Reverse of the paper AWB is replaced with an e-AWB agreement

3 FaceReverse Electronic messages e-AWB Agreement + + e-AWB Paper Air Waybill The e-AWB Agreement

4 The “Bilateral” challenge  In 2010, RP1670 “model EDI Agreement” was established, which enabled Airlines and Forwarders to do e-AWB  Airlines and Freight Forwarders bilaterally signed the Agreement and started doing e-AWB  As more Parties adopted e-AWB, the number of “bilateral” agreements increased exponentially  Each Agreement needs to be reviewed by Legal, costing time and money for both Parties  The burden of signing multitude of Agreements was found to be slowing down e-AWB adoption in the industry Bilateral e-AWB Agreements (IATA RP 1670)

5 The “Multilateral” solution  IATA with the industry developed a “multilateral” e-AWB Agreement as new IATA Resolution 672 once  Parties will sign once with IATA enabling them to do e-AWB with all other Parties:  Airline with all participating Freight Forwarders  Freight Forwarder with all participating Airlines Multilateral e-AWB Agreement (IATA Reso 672) MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT

6 What does it contain?  The Multilateral e-AWB Agreement provides the Legal framework for parties to conclude cargo contracts by electronic means  It includes provisions for:  the consent to do e-AWB  the high level operational aspects for e-AWB  the confidentiality and security of data  the rights and obligations of parties  It does not modify:  the conditions of contract  the conditions of carriage

7 How does it work? Step 1: Joining  Airlines join the Agreement  Freight Forwarders join the Agreement Step 2: Activation  Airline and Freight Forwarder have bilateral discussions on locations and start dates  Airline sends “Activation Notice” to Freight Forwarder confirming the bilaterally decided location(s) and dates Step 3: Start to do e-AWB

8 How to join? (1/2) Airlines: ONCE  Airline signs the Airline Submission Form ONCE to join the IATA Multilateral e-AWB Agreement  Airlines specify the Airports where they accept e-AWB  Airlines can add or remove Airports as needed

9 How to join? (1/2) Freight Forwarders: ONCE  Freight Forwarder signs the Multilateral e-AWB Agreement ONCE with IATA  Freight Forwarder can also add its Affiliates to the Multilateral e- AWB Agreement  Freight Forwarder can add or remove Affiliates as needed

10 Are we obliged to do e-AWB?  Parties are NOT obliged to do e-AWB with each other  Provides the Legal framework to do e-AWB without having to engage in hundreds of bilateral Legal discussions  Agreement becomes effective as to an Airline and Freight Forwarder at a location upon Airline sending an “Activation Notice” to Freight Forwarder  Participants can also de-activate a particular location or withdraw completely from the multilateral e-AWB agreement

11 What are the benefits?  No more lengthy and costly Legal discussions to start e-AWB:  Airlines will have a single agreement with IATA, enabling them to accept e-AWB from all participating Freight Forwarders  Freight Forwarders will have a one-stop shop agreement that will allow them to tender e-AWB shipments to multiple airlines in numerous airports around the globe  Parties still remain in control of where and when e-AWB should start depending on the technical and operational readiness

12 Has someone tested it?  A group of Airlines and Freight Forwarders trialed the Multilateral e-AWB Agreement through a Proof of Concept exercise  PoC participants (as of 4 April 2013):  15 Airlines: AF, BA, CX, DL, EK, IB, KL, LH, LX, LA, UC, QF, QT, LO, TK  9 Freight Forwarders: DGF, Kintetsu, Aramex, Rhenus, Logwin, Expeditors, SDV, Schenker, DSV

13 Nov 12 Dec 12 Jan 13 Feb 13 Mar 13 Apr 13 IFCC FF, Airlines Sign up for Proof of Concept Oct 12 CSC PoC Recommendations to Resolution 672 & Process Automation CBPP CPCMG CBPP CPCMG CSC webinar IFCC Endors- ment CSC Adoption CBPP CPCMG E-AWBAG Conf. Call E-AWBAG Conf. Call Government approvals Proof of Concept (PoC) Trials Process Automation CSC First Transmittal Proof of Concept (PoC) Continued E-AWBAG: E-AWB Advisory Group, CSC: Cargo Services Conference, IFCC: IATA/FIATA Consultative Council, CBPP: Cargo Business Processes Panel, CPCMG: Cargo Procedures Conferences Management Group Timelines

14 History in the making WhenWhat November 2012e-AWB Advisory Group endorses the First version The very first version of the Multilateral e-AWB Agreement was endorsed by the e-AWB Advisory Group (e-AWBAG) in November The e-AWBAG is comprised of airlines and freight forwarders actively involved in the e-AWB initiative. December 2012Proof of Concept trials launched The draft Multilateral e-AWB Agreement was trailed by a group of Airlines and Freight Forwarders through a Proof of Concept (PoC) exercise in December January 2013Enhanced version developed and endorsed Based on feedback received from the PoC participants, enhancements were made to the draft Multilateral e-AWB Agreement, which were endorsed by the e-AWB Advisory Group in January February 2013FIATA-AFI endorses the Multilateral e-AWB Agreement The Agreement was then reviewed and endorsed by FIATA-AFI through the IATA/FIATA Consultative Council (IFCC) in February 2013 with some minor amendments. March 2013CSC adopts Multilateral e-AWB Agreement as Resolution 672 The 35th Cargo Services Conference held in Doha on 10 March 2013, adopted the Final version of the Multilateral e-AWB Agreement as the new IATA Resolution 672.

15 When can we join?  Airlines and Freight Forwarders can join the IATA Multilateral e-AWB Agreement now  The Agreement will come into effect only upon Resolution 672 being declared effective by IATA (expected in the coming months)  The joining procedures for Airlines and Freight Forwarders are provided here:  If you have any questions about the Agreement or the joining procedures, please contact IATA Cargo at

16 More informationwww.iata.org/e-awb-multilateral Questions to: e-AWB on-line training