AWB, Air Way Bill, is the document accompanying the goods for air transport and which corresponds to DDT transported by road. This letter is issued for goods loaded either on aircraft dedicated exclusively to cargo loading (all-cargo or Freighters) and within the holds of aircraft carrying passengers.
The consignment note, whose numbering code is standardized in 3 + 8 digits (the first 3 representing the code of the airline that issues it and the following a unique number) must contain the following information:
- Name and domicile of the carrier
(carrier) - name and address of the sender (shipper or forwarder)
- Place of destination and, if nominative, name and domicile of the recipient
- Nature and quality of the goods (if loose or in packages), of the packaging
- Brands and numbers
- Weight, dimensions and volume
- The state of the packaging
- The place and date of loading,
- Freight: freight prepaid (prepaid) or freight collect (payable at destination)
- Declared value for transport purposes
- Value declared for customs purposes
- Declaration of value for insurance purposes (optional)
- Notify (person or company to be informed upon arrival of the shipment at destination)
- the price of the goods and the amount of expenses (if transport is made against check)
- any declared value;
- the documents delivered to the carrier accompanying the goods,
- the duration of transportation and the route to be taken;
- the indication if it concerns dangerous goods as well as all specific indications of the danger itself.
