Abbreviations and Acronyms

Terms and their Expansion

S.No. Term Expansion

1. A/C Aircraft
2. ACT TR Loads Actual Transit Loads
3. AFT#1 Aft Number one
4. AHM Airport Handling Manual
5. AHM 560 Aircraft Handling Manual EDP exchange for semi- permanent data
for check in and load control.
6. ALI Abbreviated Load Information
7. AWB Airway Bill
8. CAO Cargo Aircraft Only
9. CLS/DIV Class or Division
10. CPM Container/Pallet Distribution Message
11. C-9 Cloud-9
12. DES Destination
13. DOW Dry Operating Weight
14. ET-ALZ Ethiopian ALZ
15. ERG Emergency Response Guidance
16. FLL Floor Load Limitation
17. FPAA Flight Planning/Airport Analysis
18. FWD Forward
19. IATA International Air Transport Association
20. IFR Instrument Flight Rule
21. IMP Imperial
22. IMP DESC IMP Description
23. Kt (unit of speed) Knot
24. LDM Load Distribution Message
25. LIR Loading Instruction Report
26. LPM Load Planning Message
27. LOC Location
28. MLW Maximum Design Landing Weight
29. MTW Maximum Design Taxi Weight
30. MTOW Maximum Design Take-off Weight
31. MZFW Maximum Design Zero Fuel Weight
32. M3 Metric Cube
33. NOTOC Notification to the Captain
34. PCK GRP Packing Group
35. PEF Perishable Sea Food
36. PER Perishable
37. RRR CAT Radioactive Category
38. SI Supplementary Information

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39. SLS Statistical Load message

40. SSCI Sabre Sonic Check in system
41. SUB/RISK Subsidiary/Risk
42. TTY Teletype
43. UN/ID United Nation Number
44. ULD Unit Load Device
45. UWS ULD/Bulk Load Weight Signal message
46. WT/QTY Weight or Quantity

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