How to complete airport of destination field according to L/C rules?

Air waybill is a transport document, which is issued in international air cargo shipments, verifies not only receipt of cargo by the carrier but also evidences contract of carriage as well.

Air waybill is not a negotiable document, which is a non-negotiable document, as a result it does not represent title of the goods.

Consignee can collect the goods from the carrier by identity approval without the need of surrendering at least one original copy of the air waybill at the airport of destination.

 

Airport of destination is one of the key fields of an air waybill, along with airport of departure, as these are the first two points that banks control during document checks under letter of credit transactions.

Today I would like to explain you how to complete the airport of destination field correctly according to letter of credit rules.

What does airport of departure and airport of destination mean on an air waybill?

All transport documents, which are used in foreign trade transactions, should state a starting and an ending point of the carriage.

Otherwise the responsibility of the carrier cannot be defined under the contract of carriage.

If you make a sea shipment, you will get a bill of lading from the transport company, who is either the agent of the carrier or a freight forwarder. 

The bill of lading should show port of loading and port of discharge as starting and ending point of the carriage.

Similar to bill of lading, air waybill states airport of departure and airport of destination as starting and ending point of the carriage.

Today I would like to explain definitions of airport of departure and airport of destination as stated on the air waybill transport document.