Cathay Cargo has become the first carrier to adopt the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) ONE Record data protocol in some of its day-to-day operations with forwarders.
In December 2024, three freight forwarders – Sinotrans Air Freight, WECAN International Freight Forwarding International Logistics and ALL-LINK Logistics – started exchanging electronic air waybill (eAWB) and shipment status information with Cathay Cargo using an application programme interface (API) designed to ONE Record data protocols.
Cathay director Cargo, Tom Owen, commented: “We will continue to take the lead in providing the API links necessary to customers, and look forward to helping more of them implement direct connection with us, using the ONE Record protocols.”
IATA’s ONE Record aims to make shipment information relevant to stakeholders visible and accessible.