“Air Freight Solution Platform performs first live e-freight shipments at Barcelona Airport”

GTD is launching a new service addressed to Air Freight Operations. ‘El Prat’ Airport (Barcelona) has been testing this revolutionary platform for the last three weeks. Results are outstanding and all the Cargo Airport Community (Transporters, Freight Forwarders, Forwarders, Customs and Airlines) are very positive after this initial trial period.”At times, most companies face an urgent shipping deadline when only the very quickest option provides the opportunity for your freight to arrive on time. Air Freight Solution understands that these situations require rapid round-the-clock response, strategic planning and the ability to deliver. Experience truly counts and our extensive background in air freight and air charter services means that we will handle each of your most critical shipments with results in mind.In the airline ticket sector, the technological innovations have been enormous in the last decades. Not too long ago the tickets were in paper form, whereas today the online ticket purchasing, online check-in, electronic document control, as well as other technologies, have contributed to quicker, safer and more efficient transportation worldwide. In a changing world, customers and consumers take the constant technological improvement for granted in all aspects of their lives. However, these important improvements in the ticketing industry has not yet made it to the air freight sector. This sector is one of the productive sectors in which the technological change has evolved more slowly, still operating with paper documents, subject to processing times and several errors far from the current technological capacities. For the logistic sector, where the main priority is to minimize shipping times, this is an extremely inefficient situation.According to IATA, the air freight involves about 21 paper documents that are interchanged 40 times. This is clearly improvable with technology, ensuring only one document transmission to all relevant actors. It is necessary to adapt the air freight processes in order to ensure greater efficiency when it comes to sending shipment documents, reducing times and errors and resulting in greater efficiency and a better control of the status of the goods.The Air Freight Solution platform provides just that solution. The platform is launched with a clear objective: to facilitate the document exchange between all the actors in the logistical chain, both private and public, accelerating their work, reducing errors and increasing the traceability of the goods. These factors will help to improve the service provided by the agents, and facilitate a quick incident solution when disposing of the appropriate information.