Qatar Post begins digital billing via IATA’s Postal Accounts Settlement System – The Peninsula

Qatar Post begins digital billing via IATA’s Postal Accounts Settlement System – The Peninsula

Doha: The International Air Transport Association (IATA), Qatar Airways, and Qatar Post signed yesterday an agreement that will simplify billing and settlement between airlines and postal operator or the Postal Accounts Settlement System (PASS).

The agreement was signed between IATA Director General, Willie Walsh, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, H E Akbar Al Baker, and Qatar Post Chief Financial Officer, Mohammed Jabr Al Naemi at the conclusion of IATA’s 78th Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit held at Sheraton Grand Doha.

The implementation of PASS will be “effective immediately,” the manual billing before will be replaced to a digital one, told Al Naemi to reporters. He stressed that the system will make the billing “faster, accurate and easier.”

“PASS is a dedicated digital business-to-business solution designed to participating airlines, postal operators and other parties involved in the delivery of postal services around the world,” Al Naemi explained.

“This project has multiple benefits with regard to electronic data interchange, account reconciliation, billing and settlement process. This new and single platform will create efficiency and effectiveness and ensure data accuracy, consistency and quality,” the Chief Financial Officer of Qatar Post said.

According to IATA, PASS will produce standard invoices to postal operators as well as