“In another 278 days, the paper ticket will become a collector’s item”
According to Reuters, IATA has placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year. Started 3 years ago, currently 84% of the travellers on IATA carriers fly on electronic tickets.
“In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector’s item,” said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association, adding that the changeover from paper would not only cut airlines’ costs by $9 for every traveller but would also mean the industry would also save 50,000 mature trees a year.
China, one of the fastest-growing markets for air travel and host to next year’s Olympic Games, is heading to be the first country in the world to operate an entirely paper-free ticketing system by the end of this year.
7% of Air India’s tickets are etickets, against 84% for Jet Airways. Kingfisher has achieved 100 per cent e-ticketing, taking the cumulative figure for airlines in India to 78%.
E-ticketing is a process through which the ticketing agents (or travel portals) have access to the central reservation system of the airlines.
Now if only movie tickets could be mobile based.
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