What Is The Shipping Process for Air Freight?

Handle shipping. After all foreign trade companies and industrial and trade enterprises have prepared the goods and received the incoming letter of credit and reviewed (or modified) it is correct, they can handle the consignment, that is, according to the relevant shipping terms in the letter of credit and contract, as well as the name of the goods and the number of pieces. , shipment date, destination, etc., fill in the "Consignment Note" and provide relevant documents, and send it to the international shipping company as the basis for booking flights.

Arrange cargo space. After receiving the consignment note and relevant documents, the foreign transportation company will work with China Civil Aviation to arrange the space according to the stowage principle, cargo nature, freight quantity, destination, etc., combined with the flight, and then China Civil Aviation will issue the air waybill.

Loading and loading. The foreign transportation company will pick up the goods from the warehouse on behalf of each foreign trade company or industrial and trade enterprise according to the flight and send them to the airport. The goods will be sent to the designated cabin for shipment based on the loading documents.

Issue waybill. After the cargo is loaded onto the aircraft, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will issue a master air waybill, and the foreign shipping company will issue an air waybill. There are three originals and twelve copies of the air waybill. There are three original copies, the first copy is given to the consignor, the second copy is kept by the shipping company, and the third copy goes with the goods and is given to the consignee. Twelve copies are used for customs declaration, financial settlement, foreign agency, transit distribution, etc.

Issue shipping notices. After the goods are loaded, a shipping notice can be issued to the buyer so that the other party can prepare payment, redeem the order, and receive the goods.