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Terms and definitions in airfreght transportation and freigh forwarding
›› RFS
RFS - Road feeder service
A service offered by a scheduled cargo operator to move its carried goods to and from the aircraft and/or terminal by road transportation. Service is offered as an aim of the scheduled air carriers providing cargo services to decrease the overall transportation cost and to increase the available capacity.  Very often to this service the airlines assign a flight number and track the movement of the truck as they do for airfreight carriage.
The transportation document used is the regular Air Waybill.
›› Air waybill ( AWB )
The air waybill is a transportation document which evidences the contract  the contract for carriage of goods via air between the  shipper and the air carrier or forwarder. The terms of the contract are standartised and regulated by the Warsaw and the Montreal conventions for carriage of goods via air.

Abbreviations - AWB
›› House Air Waybill ( HAWB )
House Air Waybill is the document which covers each individual shipment of a consolidation. It is issued by the consolidator and contains instructions to the break bulk agent.  The terms of the HAWB fully comply with the Warsaw and the Montreal conventions for carriage of goods by air.

Abbreviations - HAWB, HWB
›› Master Air Waybill ( MAWB )
Master Air Waybill (MAWB) is an AWB which covers a consolidated shipment, showing the consolidator as shipper and the breakbulk agent as consignee.

Abbreviations - MAWB, MWB