When making an eBooking, some airlines do not require you to manually enter an AWB number to book, as long as you have stock assigned to your IATA number.
In some cases, when finalizing your eBooking, WebCargo will communicate with the airline's system to check if you have stock associated with your IATA number. It will then retrieve your next unused AWB number.
In the other case shown below, you will automatically be assigned an AWB when finalizing your eBooking, meaning you do not have to have stock assigned to your IATA number.
Find out in this article which airlines are available for automated AWB assignments and how to use this tool.
How to use the automatic AWB stock feature
Follow the normal eBooking process through the New eBooking tab, make a search and select your rate.
When you’re on the review and book page before confirming your eBooking, you’ll see a section called AWB number. If you have selected a rate from any of the airlines shown above, the AWB number box will show the option "Automatically generated".
You will then be able to click on Book this shipment without entering a number or having to use AWB stock.
Once Book this shipment is clicked, a call will be made to the airline's website. The airline will automatically and instantly supply your eBooking with an automatic AWB number, in turn helping you to secure your shipments even more quickly.
The AWB that has been used will show on the created eBooking within the eBookings tab.
Keep reading below to see which airlines offer the automatic AWB feature if you have stock, and those which allow you to make an eBooking without having stock registered.
The airlines which currently offer the automatic AWB service if you have airline stock registered with your IATA number are:
Air Canada Cargo
Air France / KLM
American Airlines Cargo
ASL France / BACS
Avianca Cargo
Caribbean Airlines
Delta Cargo
EL AL Cargo
Finnair Cargo
ITA Cargo
Japan Airlines Cargo (JAL)
LATAM Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo
Norse Atlantic Airways
Qatar Airways Cargo
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines)
Silk Way West Airlines
Singapore Airlines
TAP Cargo
Transatlantic Airways
Turkish Airlines Cargo
United Airlines Cargo
Wilderøe
The airlines that don't require you to have stock to place eBookings and will automatically assign at the review and book stage are:
Air Baltic
Air Canada Cargo
Air China
Air France / KLM
Air India Cargo
American Airlines Cargo
Azerbaijan Airways
AWA American Worldwide Agencies
Binter Cargo
Caribbean Airlines Cargo
Cargojet Airways
Chapman Freeborn
China Airlines Services
CIMC ANDA SHUN
Condor
Coyne Airways
Cyprus Airways
Delta Air Lines / Delta Cargo
ECS
EL AL Cargo
Finnair Cargo
InXpress
KLM (included under Air France / KLM)
KUB Air Cargo
LATAM Airlines Group
Lufthansa Cargo
MNG Airlines
MS Egypt Air
Pacific Air Cargo
Plus Ultra (incl. Summerwind)
Saco (ACG)
Shipco (ACG)
Silk Way West Airlines
Simplycargo (ACG)
Sino Air
SinoTech
TAP Cargo