Countdown to Last Paper Ticket – 100 days until 100% ET
Paper air flight tickets will soon be a thing of the past. On June 1, 2008 the IATA will achieve 100% electronic ticketing, according to Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
Bisignani: “E-ticketing is the flagship project of Simplifying the Business. While a paper ticket costs US$10 to process, e-ticketing reduces that cost to US$1. The industry will save over US$3 billion each year by offering the passenger a better service. There is no better win-win proposition.”
E-tickets also, obviously, cut down on the amount of trees harvested and waste generated by paper tickets. Before Simplifying the Business started in June 2004, 28 million paper tickets were issued each month. That number has been reduced to less than 3 million a month. Soon zero a month. Keep up the good work, IATA!
see also: IATA/Solar Impulse Partnership
