Automated Air Waybill Management for Ground Handling Agents — Europe

Why ground handling agents in Europe choose Belli for air waybills

Belli rebuilt air waybills from first principles for ground handling agents in Europe — not as a bolt-on to a legacy core. The air waybill is the fundamental contract of carriage in air cargo. Belli automates the entire AWB lifecycle — from electronic creation and rating through to carrier messaging and revenue accounting. European air cargo is governed by the most complex regulatory environment in the world including EU ICS2 and ACC3 requirements.

Operators routing through Amsterdam (AMS) and Luxembourg (LUX) — carriers in the class of Cargolux, Turkish Airlines Cargo — face the same pressure: more volume, tighter slots, and zero tolerance for a load plan that leaves revenue on the ramp. Belli's air waybills targets a measurable outcome — 99% AWB accuracy — and goes live in 10 days for teams operating in Europe, not 12–18 months.

The operational reality in Europe

The friction is specific, not generic.

• Running separate systems for each airline customer — compounded in Europe by IATA ONE Record adoption driven by EU regulatory push
• Compliance gaps with varying airline SLAs — compounded in Europe by ACC3 designation required for all carriers operating into EU airports
• No real-time inventory visibility for airline customers

What changes with Belli

Belli replaces that with a single platform tuned for Europe's requirements:

• Airline customer portal with live shipment visibility
• Real-time warehouse management with barcode/RFID integration
• Automated ULD acceptance, build-up, and handover

Before Belli: Manual AWB entry takes 8-12 minutes per shipment. Error rates of 15-25% cause billing disputes and revenue leakage. After Belli: Automated AWB creation in under 30 seconds. Error rates below 1%. Zero billing disputes from AWB data quality.

How Belli's Air Waybills works in Europe

Belli's air waybills runs as one connected workflow, configured for Europe from day one.

In practice, that means IATA e-AWB compliance and transmission, automated tariff application and charge calculation, and house/Master AWB management. Belli also covers AWB amendment and correction workflows against Europe's specific constraints. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Built for Europe's requirements

Running cargo in Europe means living inside its rules, not around them. European air cargo is governed by the most complex regulatory environment in the world including EU ICS2 and ACC3 requirements.

That shows up in the details: IATA ONE Record adoption driven by EU regulatory push; slot-constrained airports requiring precise capacity planning; and EU ICS2 mandatory pre-arrival cargo data filing. Carriers such as Cargolux, Turkish Airlines Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo operate against exactly these conditions.

Going live in 10 days in Europe

Switching is the part most ground handling agents dread — Belli compresses it into ten working days. Week one maps your data, rates, and EDI partners at Amsterdam (AMS). Operators train on their own cargo, so day one feels familiar. Post-launch, changes ship continuously rather than waiting for a quarterly release.

The bottom line for Ground Handling Agents in Europe

The bottom line for ground handling agents is direct. The status quo is expensive precisely because it looks free. 99% AWB accuracy is the outcome Belli is engineered to deliver. Carriers like Cargolux, Turkish Airlines Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo already operate at this standard. The next step is a working demo, not a six-week sales cycle.