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IATA CASS

NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY . IATA CASS. CASS and CASS Link presentation – Tel Aviv July, 2011 Rod Best Yaniv Sorany. Agenda. CASS Introduction CASS Rules CASS Operational Procedures CASSLink CASS Governance CASS Products & Solutions IATA Customer Portal . CASS Introduction.

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IATA CASS

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  1. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY IATA CASS CASS and CASSLink presentation – Tel Aviv July, 2011 Rod Best Yaniv Sorany

  2. Agenda • CASS Introduction • CASS Rules • CASS Operational Procedures • CASSLink • CASS Governance • CASS Products & Solutions • IATA Customer Portal

  3. CASS Introduction

  4. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY What is the Cargo Accounts Settlement System - CASS? • Industry settlement system • IATA neutral service • Serving the industry for over 30 years • Built on global standards

  5. Pre-CASS: Complex…..duplicated…..costly…..difficult to manage Airline B Airline C Airline A F/Fwder F/Fwder F/Fwder F/Fwder F/Fwder

  6. Airline A Airline C IATA CASS OFFICE F/Fwder F/Fwder F/Fwder F/Fwder F/Fwder CASS Airline B

  7. Frt Fwder 2.Invoices IATA CASS OFFICE 3.Remittances 4.Settlement CASS Manager Local (Mediator) 5.Discrepancies 1.AWB Data Airlines

  8. Benefits to Airlines • No need for payment chasing • Collective system • Neutral and fair administration • e-output • Economies of scale • Data security • Disciplined dispute and default procedures • Industry standard credit terms • Standardized output

  9. Benefits to Forwarders • Simplification • 1 invoice • 1 payment • Standard Output Documentation • Economies of scale • Improved industry discipline • Improved dialog with airlines • On-line dispute resolution • e-output • Easier reconciliations

  10. CASS Export Countries Austria Belgium & Luxembourg Bulgaria Central Europe (CZ, PL, HU, SK) Cyprus France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Malta Mauritius Morocco Netherlands Nordics (DK, FI, NO, SW) Baltics (EE, LT, LV) Portugal Romania Spain Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Australia Bangladesh Cambodia Chinese Taipei Fiji Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea China People’s Republic Philippines Singapore South Korea Thailand Vietnam Argentina Brazil Bolivia Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Rep. Ecuador Mexico El Salvador Guatemala Panama Peru Uruguay USA (CNS) Venezuela Egypt Gulf (AE, BH, KW, OM, QA) Israel Jordan Kenya Mauritius Morocco Saudi Arabia South Africa Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Yemen Possible expansion in the future to:Ethiopia, India, Russia, Ukraine, Lebanon

  11. CASSLink in 2010, The Export facts CASSLink EXPORT today: • 83 CASS Export Countries • 3.823 Airline Representations (+ 10%) • 330 General Sales Agents (+ 14%) • 18.319 Agent IATA codes (HQ) + 12.139 branches • 19.335 Enabled Userid's (+ 16%) • 50.330 Loaded billing files (+ 2%) • 3.434 Billing period processes (+ 19%) • 1.890.850 Fiscal Invoices (+ 6%) • Created 423.760 PDF, 89.839 HOT, 106.116 XLS • 285.844 e-signatures

  12. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY Total Export UTP’s 2007-2010

  13. Questions

  14. CASS Rules

  15. If you follow the rules it removes all doubt that things might go wrong….

  16. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY Key CASS Rules Applicable Cargo Agency Conference Resolutions – • Resolution 851 – Cargo Accounts Settlement System • Resolution 853 – CASS Import & Terminal Charges • Resolution 801r – Reporting and Remittance Procedure • Antitrust Exemption for CASS Israel

  17. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY Key CASS Manuals • CASS Technical Specifications Handbook • ISSSP Manual • CASSLink User Manual

  18. Questions

  19. CASS Operational Procedures

  20. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Participants • IATA requires airlines, or their GSSA’s to sign Agreements before they can join CASS operation. CASS Membership may be through one of the following conditions, thus the Agreements required very accordingly: • IATA Member Airline (Direct Participant) • Non-IATA Member Airline (Direct Participant) • General Sales & Services Agent (GSSA) • IATA Cargo Agents • CASS Associate (non-IATA Cargo Agents)

  21. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Participants - Airline IATA Member Airlines (Direct Participant) • Counterindemnity Agreement - Resolution 851 Appendix 'C' • Bank Account Beneficiary instruction signed by 2 senior managers from the Airline's head offices, one of the being the CFO (Local Bank Account or for cross border payment through ICCS) • Israeli Antitrust Authority Exemption for CASS – Attachment A • CASS Airline Participation Details Form • Entry Fee of USD 2,500.00 Non-IATA Member Airlines (Direct Participant) • Form and Application and Concurrence - Resolution 851 Appendix 'E' • Bank Account Beneficiary instruction signed by 2 senior managers from the Airline's head offices, one of the being the CFO (Local Bank Account or for cross border payment through ICCS) • Israeli Antitrust Authority Exemption for CASS – Attachment A • CASS Airline Participation Details Form • Entry Fee of USD 3,500.00 • Annual Subscription Fee of USD 500.00

  22. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Participants - GSSA General Sales & Services Agents (GSSA) • GSSA pay only one entry fee irrespective of the number of Airlines it represents. All other costs are based on the respective volumes airline’s GSSA processes through the system. • Form of Application and Concurrence - Resolution 851 Appendix 'F' • Form of Authorization by an IATA Member Airline (from each represented Airline) - Resolution 851 Appendix 'G' • Form of Authorization by a Non-IATA Member Airline (from each represented Airline) - Resolution 851 Appendix 'G' • Bank Account Beneficiary instruction signed by 2 senior managers from the GSSA head offices, one of the being the CFO (Local Bank Account or for cross border payment through ICCS) • Israeli Antitrust Authority Exemption for CASS – Attachment A • CASS Airline Participation Details Form • Entry Fee of USD 3,500.00 • Annual Subscription Fee of USD 500.00

  23. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Participants - Agent • ATA Cargo Agents • CASS Participation Details Form. • Joining Fee – free of charge • CASS Associate (non-IATA Cargo Agents) • Sponsor CASS Airline • CASS Associate Agreement • CASS Participation Details Form • An Annual fee of CHF 465.00 (joining fee will be waived in 2011)

  24. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Billing Period • Billing Period means a period for which processing take place and billing report make available. • There are twenty-four (24) Billing Periods each calendar year. i.e. two (2) per month. • The Billing Periods are: 1st to 15th and 16th to last day of month • In principle billing reports will be available within five (5) working days after closing of the billing period.

  25. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Correction Period • A Correction Period is an additional processing used to correct billing error in the initial billing production. • 1 Correction Period per Billing Period

  26. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Settlement • Payment of amounts owed to Airline or GSSA by Agent through CASS for billing of AWB’s, CCA’s and DCM’s. • The settlement day is 30 days after closing of billing period. e.g. for billing period 1-15 Aug, the settlement day is 15-Sep. • Payment in Electronic Fund Transfer only. • Payment in US Dollar only.

  27. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASS Reporting Calendar

  28. CASSLink

  29. What is CASSLink? CASSLink is IATA’s web-enabled solution for global cargo processing of Airlines documents – Air Waybills and correction documents (CCA’s & DCM’s) for billing to IATA Cargo Agents and CASS Associates participation in Cargo Account settlement System – CASS.

  30. CASSLink -Set-up for Airline

  31. CASS Operation Master File

  32. Airline Master File • Airline Code • Name • Address • Contact • Email, etc • VAT

  33. Report Options • Hot File • PDF • XLS • Email recipients

  34. CASSLink Airline Bank Set-up • Bank Account Name • Branch • Bank ID • Account Number

  35. CASSLink AirlineUser Set-up • Unique Username that identifies the Airline and the User • Email address • CASS Operations • Individual functions/services assigned • Airline locations linked

  36. Questions

  37. CASSLink: Getting startedhttps://casslink.iata.org Secured web-based platform 24/7

  38. CASSLink Home Page

  39. CASSLinkInput Services

  40. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY CASSLink Input Services • The Input Services function is used by Airlines and GSSA’s to “upload” the billing information into CASSLink • The billing file is a .txt file containing: • A Header record • AWB, CCA and DCM records • A Trailer record • Details of the billing file specifications may be found in the CASS Technical Specification Hanbook.

  41. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY Sample of airline billing file

  42. NO TYPE OR IMAGES CAN TOUCH THE SKY

  43. File Load Errors

  44. AWB Data Capture

  45. AWB Data Capture - Options

  46. What do the 2-letter codes on the CASSLink Invoice mean? AD - Add Record (used of CCR/DCR record line) DL - Deletion Record (used for CCO/CCO record line) NC - No Commission paid on Weight/Valuation Charge LT - Late Submission (AWB Execution Date in previous Billing Period) SR - Service AWB (system will process the shipment even if no weight charge is shown) VD - Voided AWB CASSLink – Invoice Report Codes

  47. CASSLink - Document Duplication Air Waybill – Airline + AWB Serial Number + Agent code Correction (DCM/CCA) – Airline + AWB Serial Number + Agent code + Correction number Within the CASS “Storage Period” The Storage Period may differ in each CASS Operation and can vary between 12 months and 5 years. Check with the CASS Manager to verify.

  48. Questions

  49. CASSLinkOutput Services

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