OCR extraction of air waybills (LTA/AWB)

Koncile automatically reads and extracts the key data from your air waybills: AWB, sender, weight, flights, value, destination... in Excel or API.

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How to automate LTA/AWB management?

Koncile’s AI-powered OCR reads air waybills (AWB), extracts essential fields, and delivers the data in a structured format for seamless integration into your business tools.

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Pierre Laprée
Founder & CPO at SpendHQ

Koncile automates the intelligent extraction of contractual data. Despite the complexity of our clients’ contracts, the tool ensures quality and speed, saving us valuable time.

What data is captured by the specialized transport OCR?

Koncile automates data extraction from air waybills (AWB) and transforms it into structured information, ready to be used to save time, streamline your logistics flows, and simplify customs procedures.

Here is an example of the fields automatically extracted thanks to a powerful logistics document OCR.

Nom

Type

Exemple

Instruction

Validité

Text

Oui

Vérifie que le RIB est bien constitué des éléments suivants :
- Code banque (5 chiffres)
- Code guichet (5 chiffres)
- Numéro de compte (11 caractères alphanumériques)
- Clé RIB (2 chiffres)
Si les RIB est bien constitué de ces éléments, choisis la valeur "Oui". Sinon choisis la valeur "Non".

LTA number

Number 074-12345675 Unique identifier of the transport document.

Airport of origin

Text CDG – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Actual departure location of the expedition.

Destination airport

Text JFK – New York Final destination of the goods.

Air carrier

Text Airfrance Name of the airline that handled the shipment.

Sender's name

Text ABC Logistics

Recipient name

Text Intertrade GmbH Company name or full name of the final recipient of the shipment.

Description of the goods

Text Electronic devices Detail of the nature of the goods transported, including the category or type of product.

Load weight

Number 100; 300 If there are several loads, give all the weights by separating by “;”

Declared value for transport

Currency 12 500,00 € Amount in currency corresponding to the insured value of the goods for the carrier.

Issue date

Date 10/01/2022 Extract the date of issue of the card, sometimes located near the chip
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Why choose Koncile to process transport documents?

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Custom data extraction for transport and logistics

A simple and intuitive interface to precisely select the fields to extract from your transport and logistics documents.

Automatically identify transport data such as weight, dimensions, distances, destinations, and more.

Eliminate manual entry and accelerate your document workflows with extraction perfectly tailored to your needs.

99% reliability

Unmatched accuracy in logistics document management

With a success rate above 99%, our OCR engine delivers exceptional accuracy on key fields in invoices and transport documents.

Every piece of information amounts, dates, or logistics references is captured reliably. Thanks to our built-in anomaly detection system, errors or inconsistencies are flagged early, enabling automated quality control and faster decision-making.

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Multilingual OCR for transport and logistics

Our OCR engine, enhanced with advanced language models (LLMs), accurately recognizes alphabets and languages from around the world.

Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Japanese… whatever the format or language of the document, Koncile identifies key fields and enables automatic translation.

Scan, extract, and centralize your data with ease—even in complex multilingual environments.

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Handwriting detection

Our OCR detects and interprets handwritten texts accurately, even under complex conditions: average scan quality, no signature, or handwriting that is difficult to read.

The tool supports multiple handwritten languages and relies on artificial intelligence models trained to recognize the most varied writing styles.

Ideal for processing delivery notes, receipts, or forms completed by hand, while ensuring a high success rate.

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Scanned or Photographed Documents

Whether your documents are scanned, photographed, or photocopied, our OCR technology converts them into usable data with outstanding reliability.

Even old, blurry, or poorly cropped documents can be analyzed thanks to our automatic correction engine.

Unrecognized fields are flagged and sent to our alert center for manual review or validation, ensuring a high level of completeness and accuracy.

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Integrated with your tools

Koncile integrates perfectly into your digital ecosystem: connection via API, automatic import from your emails or direct synchronization with your ERP.

Easily import documents, trigger automated extractions, and retrieve structured data where you need it.

Whether you use Excel, Outlook, SAP or another business tool, Koncile adapts to your workflow to simplify document management and maximize your productivity gains.

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The benefits of a data capture solution for LTA

1

Reliable reading of standard or custom IATA formats

Koncile detects key data on LTAs, even scanned or partially handwritten.

2

Structured and automatable export

Data available in Excel, JSON or API for integration into your transport software, ERP or customs platforms.

3

Automatically extracted fields

AWB number, sender, recipient, airport of departure and arrival, airport of departure and arrival, flight number, date, weight, number of packages, type of goods, declared value, incoterm...

4

Fast batch processing

Import dozens of letters in a single load, with standardized retrieval.

5

Compatible with appendices

Can extract information associated with pro forma invoices, customs documents or forms related to the LTA.

The API to streamline your document management

status
string

Document status can be DONE, DUPLICATE, or IN PROGRESS

document_id
integer

Unique identifier assigned to each document

general_fields
objects

Fields that appear once per document. Returns in the format: {field_name: extracted_value}

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Founded by a former lawyer, Koncile was designed with compliance and data protection at its core. We are independently audited under SOC 2 and compliant with GDPR and HIPAA requirements.

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Koncile OCR automatically scans key data on an air waybill, such as AWB number, carrier contact information, and shipment details. It thus simplifies the management of logistics documents.

Yes, OCR supports printed or handwritten air waybills. It applies advanced technologies to recognize handwritten characters and convert data into usable digital formats.

Yes! You can only retrieve fields such as total weight, type of merchandise, or shipping costs, depending on your needs.

You can upload your document in PDF, PNG, or JPEG. These formats are compatible with our OCR technology and ensure reliable extraction of information essential to logistics.

The software is accessible via a powerful OCR API, with comprehensive documentation available. Plus, you can upload documents directly into the app and export the extracted data to XLSX, XLS, CSV, or JSON for seamless integration into your workflows.

Check our API documentation, contact us at contact@koncile.ai. You can also create a demo account or book a demonstration with our team.

Koncile offers 3 plans, including enterprise options for handling large volumes of data. You can check our pricing on our pricing page.

In each extraction template, you will find:

  • General fields: These are pieces of information that appear only once in each document (e.g., the invoice number or the invoice date).
  • Repeated fields: These are pieces of information that appear multiple times in a document, such as item descriptions or prices in each line of a quote. Use repeated fields for extracting tables and charts from your documents.