Air Waybill: the air carrier's transport document. Unlike a bill of lading it is never a document of title, so it cannot be traded.

Example Master air waybill covering a consolidation of house air waybills.

See also MAWB, HAWB

Freight carried in the holds of a passenger aircraft. It represents a large share of world air cargo and disappears when passenger flying stops.

Example Cargo moving under the cabin on a scheduled passenger service.

See also Main Deck, ULD

House Air Waybill, issued by the forwarder to each individual shipper within a consolidation.

Example Each shipper tracks their cargo on the house number.

See also MAWB, Consolidation

The upper cargo compartment on a freighter aircraft, taking full-height pallets. Passenger aircraft have no main deck cargo.

Example 30 pallet positions on the main deck of a 747F.

See also Lower Deck, Belly Cargo

Master Air Waybill, issued by the airline to the consolidator for the whole shipment.

Example One MAWB covering forty house shipments.

See also HAWB, AWB

Unit Load Device: the pallets and containers that cargo is built into for loading aboard an aircraft. Shapes are dictated by the fuselage.

Example An AKE container for a lower deck, a PMC pallet for a main deck.

See also Pallet Position, Main Deck