News / Members get free eAWBs in WCA push for new forwarders to join WIN system

WIN managing director John DeBenedette (left) and WCA chief executive Dan March (right)

The WCA’s IT platform WIN, which connects forwarders to over 90 airlines, is to offer free e-Air Waybills (eAWBs) to its members for the rest of 2016.

The move is part of package designed to induce more forwarders to connect to the system.

WIN previously charged $1 per eAWB, and the impact of the new free regime would be immediate for forwarders – other platforms tend to charge forwarders $1.75-$3.50 per eAWB while airlines offer fee reductions for filing eAWBs due to the ...