The key endorsements come as a 12-member Cargo Network Services advisory board officially begins its work at major airports around the U.S.

"It's big for us in the U.S," said Mike White, assistant director cargo facilitation, security and standards for Cargo Network Services.

The advisory board, nicknamed the "e-Air Waybill Champions," held its first meeting in Houston and will move on to Chicago. Other airports are Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Newark and New York's JFK.

"It was our first opportunity to meet with the local folks and start locally to get the airlines, forwarders and ground handlers on board," White said. "We will be moving on to the other 11 locations over the next six weeks or so and will hit other locations as well."

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