Speaker Biograghy: Eric has worked for airlines for 25 years and has strong experience in e-invoicing and e-banking. He manages SIS operations for Air France. In previous positions, Eric has worked on IT, negotiated fares, refunds and e-invoicing.


Day 2 - 11 March
Session: IATA Day

14:55 - 15:25 - Maximising your benefits from e-invoicing – joining the aviation community
Synopsis: Airports, ground handlers, caterers and other suppliers have a crucial financial relationship with their airline community, but today the invoices are often still big piles of paper or multiple PDFs. This leaves great potential for further automation to make the relationship work more quickly and efficiently. XML-based invoicing is growing, and IATA has designed the IS-XML standard specifically for the aviation-related charges. This standard enables aviation suppliers, with one connection to the industry platform, to send high data-quality electronic invoices to customers. The presentation will include an airline representative discussing their views of the XML standards potential.

Audience will learn:

• The current process of processing large invoices is labour intensive, which can make it difficult to meet payment terms
• Benefits of e-invoicing, both for industry suppliers and airlines
• Benefits of having an industry standard
• How suppliers and airlines can benefit immediately