eAWB Resource Center

The eAWB is essentially a contract of carriage between shippers (importers and exporters) and air carriers. It eliminates the need to process and manage paper to simplify data processing to speed the movement of air cargo.

The electronic airway bill was created to:

Minimize Paperwork

The eAWB can help to virtually eliminate paper from the air cargo supply chain

Enable Better Communication

Digital information can help to optimize data sharing between carriers, forwarders, shippers and other trading partners

Reduce Labor

Digitization and electronic communication can result in less overhead with lighter manual and operational processes

Improve Accuracy

Data timeliness and completeness is improved when error-prone manual process are reduced or eliminated

The digital eAWB format helps streamline information transfer between air carriers, freight forwarders, and ground handling agents. Since air has been a traditionally paper-heavy industry, moving to the eAWB format can help reduce errors, improve efficiency, and enable better overall communication.