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Dec 18, 2013 (newstodate): Finnair Cargo is in the top-league among airlines as to implementation of e-freight in the Nordic region - but the process is falling behind earlier ambitions.
-The goal is to have at least 50 percent of all Finnair Cargo on-line stations ready before the end of this year, Petteri Helen, Finnair Cargo Manager E-solutions, Global Mail and Commercial Partners, told newstodate three months ago.
This target will not, however, be fully met.
-We are now e-freight capable at 13 online stations, more will follow either by next week or alternatively during the start of 2014, and with this we will be up and running at 20 stations, corresponding to some 40 percent of all Finnair online stations, says Mr Helen.
-We are, however, up against concrete factors beyond our control. For instance, IATA has now announced that China will face a two-year delay to its implementation of e-freight, now expected only by 2015. This is a serious draw-back for us as we now operate at five important Chinese destinations.
-India, that is also a significant market for us, has hardly started the e-freight process at all and has not announced concrete measures to do so either. And while we are now capable of handling e-AWBs on flights into destinations in Japan, the quality of e-freight data in the direction from Japan is still not satisfactory.
-Besides, across the network including also the Nordic markets, many cargo terminals are also not ready to handling of e-freight and e-AWBs, holding the full implementation of e-freight and e-AWBs back.
-So all in all, the process is still consuming more costs and man power than originally envisaged, says Mr Helen.
-The goal is to have at least 50 percent of all Finnair Cargo on-line stations ready before the end of this year, Petteri Helen, Finnair Cargo Manager E-solutions, Global Mail and Commercial Partners, told newstodate three months ago.
This target will not, however, be fully met.
-We are now e-freight capable at 13 online stations, more will follow either by next week or alternatively during the start of 2014, and with this we will be up and running at 20 stations, corresponding to some 40 percent of all Finnair online stations, says Mr Helen.
-We are, however, up against concrete factors beyond our control. For instance, IATA has now announced that China will face a two-year delay to its implementation of e-freight, now expected only by 2015. This is a serious draw-back for us as we now operate at five important Chinese destinations.
-India, that is also a significant market for us, has hardly started the e-freight process at all and has not announced concrete measures to do so either. And while we are now capable of handling e-AWBs on flights into destinations in Japan, the quality of e-freight data in the direction from Japan is still not satisfactory.
-Besides, across the network including also the Nordic markets, many cargo terminals are also not ready to handling of e-freight and e-AWBs, holding the full implementation of e-freight and e-AWBs back.
-So all in all, the process is still consuming more costs and man power than originally envisaged, says Mr Helen.