News / IATA's One Record finally starts to fly despite vagaries

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IATA’s One Record finally appears to be gaining traction, after years of “ballyhoo” and “mess”. 

Yesterday Cainiao Network said it had successfully trialled the “full-chain cargo data exchange” on a flight from Hangzhou to Liege, while Champ Cargosystems and Lufthansa Cargo said they would begin collaborating on making One Record work. 

Cainiao said it had achieved “several breakthroughs”: the first application of RFID technology automatically, and in real-time, pushes the cargo status of shipments to One Record. It also did it simultaneously ...