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New quality standards agreed on at C2K meeting in Vienna
CARGO 2000 (C2K), an International Air Transport Association (IATA) interest group that includes forwarders, airlines, handlers, truckers and IT providers among its members, have agreed new quality standards for the air cargo industry at a recent technical workshop meeting in Vienna, Austria.
More than 60 technical and operational managers took part in the meeting to finalise C2K's revised airport-to-airport (A2A) specification and kick-start a revision of its door-to-door (D2D) process definitions. Its audit and certification programme is also being "refreshed" by the working group, ready for a re-launch next year, aircargonews reported.
Executive director C2K, Ariaen Zimmerman, said: "The C2K Technical Working Group has taken some important steps to improve processes and we are in a strong position to embark on a more detailed revision and update of our current audit and Certification Programme to ensure it is robust."
Furthermore, the members addressed the final post-implementation issues of the new A2A specification. The document defines the standard processes and measures at air waybill (AWB) level for all movements, from airport at origin to airport at destination adopted by airlines, forwarders and ground handlers.
In a statement, C2K said it can now move forward with a revision of its D2D specification, which defines standard processes and measures at house AWB level for all D2D movements adopted by forwarders and trucking companies in the group.
A new D2D Task Force, including forwarders, IT companies and airlines will begin revising the specification immediately and will hold its first official meeting in November 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany.
More than 60 technical and operational managers took part in the meeting to finalise C2K's revised airport-to-airport (A2A) specification and kick-start a revision of its door-to-door (D2D) process definitions. Its audit and certification programme is also being "refreshed" by the working group, ready for a re-launch next year, aircargonews reported.
Executive director C2K, Ariaen Zimmerman, said: "The C2K Technical Working Group has taken some important steps to improve processes and we are in a strong position to embark on a more detailed revision and update of our current audit and Certification Programme to ensure it is robust."
Furthermore, the members addressed the final post-implementation issues of the new A2A specification. The document defines the standard processes and measures at air waybill (AWB) level for all movements, from airport at origin to airport at destination adopted by airlines, forwarders and ground handlers.
In a statement, C2K said it can now move forward with a revision of its D2D specification, which defines standard processes and measures at house AWB level for all D2D movements adopted by forwarders and trucking companies in the group.
A new D2D Task Force, including forwarders, IT companies and airlines will begin revising the specification immediately and will hold its first official meeting in November 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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