Allotment
An allotment is cargo space on specific flights that an airline reserves in advance for a forwarder or GSA, usually under a contract with agreed rates.
Space the holder does not use goes back to the airline at an agreed time before the flight.
Related terms
- BookingA booking is a reservation of cargo space on a specific flight for an agreed weight, volume and rate.
- GSAGeneral Sales AgentA general sales agent (GSA) is a company that sells an airline's cargo space in a market on the airline's behalf, often where the airline has no sales office of its own.
- ForwarderA freight forwarder is a company that organises shipments for shippers.
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- ConsigneeThe consignee is the person or company named on the air waybill to receive the shipment at destination.
- ConsolidationConsolidation is when a forwarder groups shipments from several shippers into one shipment under a single master air waybill (MAWB).
- DDPDelivered Duty PaidDelivered Duty Paid (DDP) is the Incoterms rule where the seller carries all costs and risks until the goods reach the named place of destination, cleared for import with duties and taxes paid.
- EXWEx WorksEx Works (EXW) is the Incoterms rule where the seller only makes the goods available at its own premises.
- FCAFree CarrierFree Carrier (FCA) is the Incoterms rule where the seller hands the goods, cleared for export, to the carrier or another party named by the buyer at an agreed place.
- FIATAInternational Federation of Freight Forwarders AssociationsThe International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) is the global body that represents freight forwarders.
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