• Definition
According to IATA Resolution No. 598, the 'Non Accompanied Baggage' transported as “cargo”, consists only of items of personal use (including portable musical instruments, portable typewriters and sportive equipments, excluding machineries, machines or spare parts, money, jewellery, watches, silver, furs, movies, cameras, documents, liquors, perfumes, household goods, merchandise and samples for sale).

• Acceptance
It will only be accepted for transportation a non accompanied baggage as cargo, in case it is about the following items: bags, cases, suitcases and briefcases, which will have its clasps and locks (closed by the interested person] in perfect state, being invariably fastened with plastic hoops.

• Documentation
With respect to the international traffic, it is necessary to make possible the transportation of non-accompanied baggage; it is necessary that the interested person certify his/her condition as passenger, through the ticket or by a written declaration issued by the air company that issued the ticket.
Likewise, exactly like it is establishes the IATA Resolution No. 598 and also demanded by the custom authorities, the passenger will have to present a list of the elements contained in the shipment, the original and copy. The original of that list shall be attached to the set of the air waybill that accompanies the shipment; the copy must be previously placed by the passenger into the bag. 

• Acceptance
The fragile cargo will only be accepted if it is correctly packed in containers of solid material such as wooden boxes, preferably new and that they comply with the conditions of capacity, weight and use. In case the container is easy to be broken down, as for example glass, it should be surrounded of enough absorbent material to absorb any liquid within the container.

• Acceptance
The transportation of weapons and/or munitions of civil use and /or war in air cargo will require a previous authorization of the Registro Nacional de Armas (NATIONAL REGISTRY OF WEAPONS (RENAR)).
In exportation from the Argentine Republic the Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares (DGFM) will have to intervene whenever there is a shipment of non-explosive munitions of a caliber higher than 20mm (twenty millimetres), apart from the requisites of the authorization of the RENAR.
Every civil person, commerce of firearms (gunsmith’s) or security company, that wish to dispatch weapons, be they for defense or for sport use, should present before the Police Authority of the Airport (PSA) certificate/s of possession, carrying and/or transfer. The authority will extend a certification that the goods has no projectiles in its clips and in legal conditions in case it is transported; it should be also attached it to the air waybill that protects the shipment.

• Packaging
The packaging must totally guarantee the security of the cargo in the case of weapons and munitions subject to the requirements of the IATA Manual of Dangerous Goods.
For this type of transportation it will be required packaging that should consist of wooden or metal boxes (or any element that replace them in firmness), perfectly closed fastened with plastic or metal hoops crossed and seals numbered with the custom verification of origin made previously.

• Documentation
It should be presented an authenticated copy of the Authorization of the RENAR that will be accompanied by the air waybill (AWB) with another copy that will be filed in the issuing branch of the cargo.
It will also be attached to said air waybill the Commercial Invoice and/or Packing Slips with the list of all the material, indicating the type, trademark, model, caliber and number of series of each transported element, indicating the number and date of the authorization for the transportation of the RENAR in the air waybill. 

Taking into account that we are dealing with a special kind of transportation, and the strict control made by the Sanitary and Municipal Authorities over these transportations, certain requirements must be met in order to accept them under IATA regulations.

For more information regarding required packaging, labels and tags, reservations and prior arrangements, as well as the necessary documentation, you should contact our Cargo Client Attention Department.

It is also important to mention that coffin shipments shall be accepted only if they are paid at the point of embarkation.

• Acceptance
This type of Special Transportation is based on current issue of the Regulation for IATA Live Animals Transportation (LAR), agreeing completely with what has been established in that regulation.
The dispatchers that transport live animals on board of the aircraft of the Aerolíneas Argentinas Group, be it as cargo or as baggage, should fully comply with the IATA Regulation about Live Animals, as well as with the additional governmental regulation that could be applied both in the Argentine Republic and in the countries of transit or of destination. Therefore, the presentation for the transportation of live animals against the rules of the before mentioned regulation shall not be accepted under no circumstances.

At the moment of delivering for the transportation of a live animal in the receiving branch of Direct Sale of Cargo, the dispatcher or its authorized agent are responsible for the shipment and therefore, the will have to:

1. Comply with the national regulation of the operator and the lATA regulation, as appropriate.

2. To define the route and any special care required for the transportation at the moment of making the booking and before its acceptance.
3. To notify the operator in case the female animals are in heat, to notify the operator about the gender of the mammals that are transported.

4. To obtain all the documents and the correct information for the Certification of the Dispatcher.

5. To provide with containers that comply with the IATA Regulation about Live Animals in its last issuance.

6. To provide with a place for resting and food for the species that do not contravene any regulation.

7. To provide with the scientific and common name of the animals as well as the quantity of each in the container, as it is shown in the certification of the dispatcher.

8. To include the instructions for food and provision of water special for the container and attach a copy of the documents that accompany the shipment.

9. To take note of the instructions of the container with the date and time in which the animals were feed and watered for the last time before the acceptance.

10. To declare the condition of the animals when they are pregnant or that had young in the last 48 hours.

11. To register any medication that has been given, for example, drugs, doe, the time and via through which it has been administered. This information must accompany the documents and also must be placed in the container.

Before preparing the shipment of live animals for their air transportation, the dispatchers will always obtain the complete information in advance related to the export / import, the permission for transit of entry, the health certificate of the vet, the permission of export of the Convention about International Commerce for Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) for the endangered species and a copy of the permission for import of the CITES whenever it is required, the examination of the vet, quarantines, the restrictions as regards prohibitions or requisites related to the transfer, which can also include the food that is provided to the animal.
The dispatcher will have to provide a telephone number with a full time customer service, where the operator can obtain instructions of the shipping agent or its agent in case of an emergency.

• Animals Health
Only the animals in good conditions to travel up to their final destination shall be accepted for the air transportation. It will be necessary that the dispatcher declare whenever the female animals are pregnant or had young within the last 48 hours. The female mammals that have been declared as in state of pregnancy shall not be accepted for the transportation unless a certificate issued by a vet that certifies that the animal is in good conditions to travel and that there is no risk that a birth occurs during the trip accompanies them.
The female monkeys, pregnant, as well as the female that are suckling their young are not acceptable for the air transportation.
Some mammals just born or very young must not be accepted for their transportation, as the following:

1. Animals whose navel have not healed,

2. Mammals with young that suckle, unless there is a certificate of a vet that assures that both of them, the mother and the young are in good conditions to travel;

3. Young recently weaned, unless arrangements have been done to feed them at convenient intervals and there is access in flight to do it when it is necessary and the environment is propitious to keep the necessary temperatures for these young animals, except otherwise provided by the competent authorities of the country of export as well as of the country of import. 

Aerolíneas Argentinas Group bases the Transportation of Dangerous Goods on what has been established by the “ IATA Dangerous Goods Regulation” (DGR) that contains all the requisites of the Technical instructions.

• Definition
“Dangerous goods” are items or substances that are capable of putting in risk the health, security, property or environment and that are included in the list of dangerous goods of the Regulation or that are classified according to the Regulation.

• Acceptance
Some goods are absolutely prohibited for their acceptance, others are prohibited in normal circumstances but permitted with approval of the states, and others are restricted for planes of passengers and permitted in cargo planes.
The appropriate declaration of the dispatcher will assure that all will know what they are transporting, how to load it, handle it and what to do in case of an incident or accident both in flight and on the ground and all related to the emergency procedures as regards dangerous goods in the chain of transportation.

To consult about the possibility of acceptance of a Dangerous Good in particular, as well as the type of packaging involved and the required documentation, you may contact our Call Center or enter www.iata.org 

Aerolíneas Argentinas Group bases this type of Special Transportation on the current issuance of IATA Regulation for Perishable Cargo, being fully in agreement with what has been established in it.
Every good is considered perishable when its nature presents a relatively short period of validity for its use because can be easily deteriorated, by the passing of time or whenever it is exposed to extreme conditions of temperature, heat, humidity or pressure.
This cargo requires of special packaging with the purpose of avoiding spillage or filtrations that could produce corrosion to metals of the planes or damage other cargo.
In some cases the term “perishable cargo” will also cover the shipment of live animals that are dispatched to be turned into a food after its arrival. (Ex. lobsters, crabs, fish, etc.).
Within this category, the perishable goods transported more frequently by the Managerial Group that can be mentioned are: Meat, Fish / Seafood, Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, Vaccines, Clinical samples among others.
Before accepting a shipment of perishable cargo to be transported abroad, it will be verified that no restrictions or prohibitions exist in the points of origin (SENASA in Argentina), transit or destination, being necessary to consult for this purpose the Governmental Regulations of each country both in those cases of deliveries consigned to points operated by AR as those consigned to cities located at countries in which AR grants no services. For this purpose such regulations in Chapter 7 of the IATA issuance “The Air Cargo Tariff Manual” shall be requested in which information per country is given.
In the Argentine Republic the agency of consultation is the National Service of Health (SENASA), whose contacts are enlisted as follows:

SENASA Headquarters
Paseo Colon 367, 4° Floor (Zip Code 1063)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Telephone No.: (54-11) 4345-4110/12

SENASA – Airport Office
Ezeiza International Airport
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Telephone No.: (54-11) 4480-0020 (SENASA for Animals)
Telephone No.: (54-11) 4480-0835 (SENASA for Plants)

Shipments for which the corresponding health certificates issued by the health authority are not presented (SENASA in Argentina) or those that have been presented without the signature and seal of the agent shall not be accepted.

In order to consult the required documentation for this kind of Special Transportation, as well as the type of necessary packaging, we suggest you to consult with the health authorities of the involved countries, IATA Regulations (www.iata.org) or our Call Center.