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Mar 14, 2014 (newstodate): As is the case with other carriers, Icelandair is struggling to get IATA's e-freight into the air..
-We certainly cannot say that the implementation of e-freight is exactly sky-rocketing in the industry. And so it is for us as well, says Bertel Olafsson, Icelandair Cargo Manager Cargo Systems.
-IATA has therefore also been forced to scale down the project to focus now more on the introduction of e-AWB which really is a slimmed-down version of the full concept.
-We are, however, keen to boost the process, and by April 2014 we will launch implementation of e-AWBs on exports to Liege that is our single most important destination. We are right now negotiating the process with our ground handling company at the airport, and together we are readying for the start.
-Iceland is perhaps a bit unique as we are in most cases dealing directly with the shippers as there are really very few forwarders in this country. So we should be able to speed up this process flexibly.
-We did open up for e-freight on the trade lanes from Iceland to Amsterdam and London Heathrow already by the end of 2009, but the process never really lifted off as we are still sending the paper documents alongside the electronic data, says Mr Olafsson.
-We certainly cannot say that the implementation of e-freight is exactly sky-rocketing in the industry. And so it is for us as well, says Bertel Olafsson, Icelandair Cargo Manager Cargo Systems.
-IATA has therefore also been forced to scale down the project to focus now more on the introduction of e-AWB which really is a slimmed-down version of the full concept.
-We are, however, keen to boost the process, and by April 2014 we will launch implementation of e-AWBs on exports to Liege that is our single most important destination. We are right now negotiating the process with our ground handling company at the airport, and together we are readying for the start.
-Iceland is perhaps a bit unique as we are in most cases dealing directly with the shippers as there are really very few forwarders in this country. So we should be able to speed up this process flexibly.
-We did open up for e-freight on the trade lanes from Iceland to Amsterdam and London Heathrow already by the end of 2009, but the process never really lifted off as we are still sending the paper documents alongside the electronic data, says Mr Olafsson.