The implementation of electronic air waybill technology at the airport has reportedly improved operations, making them both more efficient and kinder to the environment. Security and productivity have also benefitted as this technology replaces 30 different paper documentation processes.
As Dallas International becomes an e-airport, it is hoped the movement of international cargo through the terminal will be streamlined.
"Our airline partners and their forwarder and shipper customers will see tremendous benefits from DFW's designation as a cargo e-airport,” asserts Mark Thorpe, Head of Cargo Business Development for DFW. He went on to explain that the technology used to simplify the processing of air freight shipments will enhance the traceability and integrity of the services provided at the airport, in addition to the aforementioned benefits that stand to be gained.
Dallas Fort Worth’s qualification as an “e-airport” necessitated the adoption of the e-AWB by the majority of handlers and airlines operating at the airport in all of their freight operations, a list which includes ten of the 16 airlines that are part of IATA e-AWB initiative. The association’s 2016 target of 56% e-AWB implementation currently sits at 39%; however headway is nonetheless being made as the number creeps up from its position at 36.4% at the close of 2015.
