Abacus on track to meet IATA deadline for E-Ticketing

Asia Pacific's leading travel facilitator Abacus International today announced it had issued 7.5 million electronic air tickets in the first half of 2007, 37% more than the last six months of 2006.
President and CEO of Abacus International Mr Don Birch said that as of June 2007, the proportion of airline tickets issued as electronic tickets by the company now stands at 67%, generated by 63 leading airlines in the region, up from 48 at the end of last year.
As of today 97% of Abacus tickets are e-ticket (ET) enabled, placing Abacus and our airline partners on target ahead of the International Air Transport Association (IATA's goal of 96.5% ET-readiness by the end of May 2008, Mr Birch said.
Nevertheless, Mr Birch welcomed the recent decision by (IATA) to extend the deadline for electronic ticketing to 31 May 2008, and to target 96.5% adoption as opposed to the original 100%.
04/08/07 Moneycontrol.com

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Categories: General Aviation Aug 2007