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July 31, 2005
E-tickets
Airlines in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are lagging behind the rest of the world in implementing electronic ticketing (ET) that have become the standard today in US and Europe.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) which brings together approximately 265 airlines, including the world's largest has set 2007 as the deadline for the total abolition of paper tickets around the world in favour of virtual e-tickets, but local carriers have made little progress in implementing the technology.
Among regional carriers that are IATA members, only three airlines — Emirates, Royal Air Maroc and Royal Jordanian — are issuing any e-tickets today, and none of these are 100% compliant.
IATA hopes to introduce all of these into the industry over the next few years, with the aim of saving around US$6 billion per annum.
Posted by admin at July 31, 2005 08:27 PM