Payments · Airlines

Cargo Payments & Billing Automation for Airlines

Automated billing reconciliation, payment gateway integration, and CASS settlement for zero manual intervention.

2%

dispute rate

10-Day

Go-Live SLA

24/7

Engineer Support

Why airlines choose Belli for payments

For Airlines, payments is where margins are won and lost on every departure. Cargo billing is notoriously error-prone. Belli automates the complete billing cycle from AWB rating through to CASS settlement.

Belli's payments targets a measurable outcome — 2% dispute rate — and goes live in 10 days, not 12–18 months.

The operational reality for Airlines

The friction is specific, not generic.

  • EDI integration taking months instead of days
  • Monthly close cycles stretching 30+ days
  • Fragmented systems across booking, warehouse, and revenue

What changes with Belli

The same operation, re-platformed:

  • 12% average revenue recovery in first quarter
  • Real-time ULD utilization and capacity visibility
  • 24/7 access to real cargo software engineers

Before Belli: Manual billing takes 15+ minutes per AWB. 20% of invoices disputed. After Belli: Automated billing in real time. Invoice disputes below 2%. Full CASS integration.

How Belli's Payments works

Under the hood, payments is engineered to remove the manual steps that slow airlines down.

In practice, that means aging reports and collection workflows, automated AWB rating and charge calculation, and payment gateway integration. Belli also covers credit management and limit controls. Every step is auditable, and changes deploy continuously rather than in quarterly batches.

Going live in 10 days

There is no multi-quarter cutover here. Week one maps your data, rates, and EDI partners. Cutover happens with a Belli engineer on the line, not a ticket queue. Post-launch, changes ship continuously rather than waiting for a quarterly release.

The bottom line for Airlines

Here is the case in plain terms. Each delayed integration is margin that never shows up on the P&L. The return is specific, not aspirational — 2% dispute rate. This is no longer the frontier — it is the new baseline. See the live demo, or talk to an engineer the same day.

Payments

Before and after Belli

✗ Before Belli

Manual billing takes 15+ minutes per AWB. 20% of invoices disputed.

✓ After Belli

Automated billing in real time. Invoice disputes below 2%. Full CASS integration.

At a glance

Specifications

Decision Makers

VP/Director Cargo, CIO/CTO, Head of Cargo Operations

Buying Triggers

CMS contract expiry, fleet expansion, merger/acquisition, IATA ONE Record mandate

By region

Cargo management by region

FAQ

Common questions

How fast can Airlines go live with Belli's Payments?

Belli's 10-day go-live SLA applies from contract signature — whether you run a single station or a multi-hub network. Data migration, EDI connections, and operator training are included in the 10 days, versus the 12–18 months legacy vendors quote.

What measurable result does Belli's Payments deliver?

Automated billing in real time. Invoice disputes below 2%. Full CASS integration. Typical outcome: 2% dispute rate, with real-time ULD utilization and capacity visibility.

Who in our organization owns the buying decision?

For Airlines, the decision typically involves VP/Director Cargo, CIO/CTO, Head of Cargo Operations. Common triggers: CMS contract expiry, fleet expansion, merger/acquisition, IATA ONE Record mandate.

Related pages

Software

Load PlanningULD ManagementAir WaybillsCapacity ManagementRevenue ManagementGround OperationsEDI MessagingCustoms API

Audience

Cargo OperatorsGround HandlersRevenue TeamsFreight ForwardersIntegratorsCharter OperatorsSales Agents (GSAs)

Region

Middle EastSoutheast AsiaEuropeAfricaNorth AmericaSouth AsiaLatin America

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