e-ticketing to cover 90 pc of interline travel: IATA

Mumbai: Allaying fears of travel agents that interline travel would get adversely affected by the enforcement of 100 per cent e-ticketing, IATA on Saturday said e-ticketing agreements between airlines would cover about 90 per cent of such travel by May 31.
"We are over 95 per cent e-ticketing-enabled and on approach to rid the industry of the costly inconvenience of outdated paper tickets. Interline travel is about 10 per cent of the total business and we expect interline e-ticketing agreements to cover about 90 per cent of interline travel by May 31," IATA Communication Manager (APAC) Albert Tjoeng told PTI.
While travelling between two destinations when a person changes airlines on the way, it is referred to as interline travel.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) feels only one per cent of travel would be affected by lack of interline agreements.
Yesterday, Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), had sought government's intervention to stop the enforcement of 100 per cent e-ticketing from June 1.
TAAI President C Venkateshwara Prasad had sought deferment of the deadline, saying interline travel would take a hit as airlines globally, and India's national carrier, Air India, were not 100 per cent e-ticket-enabled.
25/05/08 PTI/The Hindu

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