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10th August 2006, 07:52
Local carriers may fully adopt new ticketing
The Manila Times - August 10, 2006
AIRLINE companies in the Philippines may start eliminating paper tickets by end of next year to meet global agreement set by the largest international association of airlines.
In a statement the Switzerland-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) said e-ticketing penetration in the country grew by 4 percent to 51 percent as of end June 2006.
In June 2004 members of the IATA agreed to eliminate paper tickets issued by end-2007.
“All countries, including the Philippines, will eliminate paper tickets by the end of 2007,” Albert Tjoeng, IATA Asia Pacific corporate communications manager, said.
He warned that failure to comply with the agreement by end-2007 may jeopardize an airline company’s interline agreements with other carriers.
In the Philippines the IATA members are the Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific.
PAL had to shell out an initial $200,000 for the deployment of e-ticketing system.
In PAL e-ticketing service is available to passengers flying to Cebu, Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Laoag, Legaspi, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran and Zamboanga.
For its international operations e-ticketing is available in Busan, Guam, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seoul and Vancouver.
Cebu Pacific, meanwhile, issues e-tickets to its domestic flights.
The Switzerland-based airline association expects that global airline industry could save at least $3 billion annually from e-ticketing. Its members process 315 million paper tickets every year. Paper ticket costs about $10 to process while an e-ticket costs about $1 to process.
In Asia Pacific the e-ticket penetration rose to 47 percent in June this year from only 30 percent in the same period in 2005. Thailand e-ticket penetration rose by 5 percent, India and Japan, 3 percent. Within the region, the highest ET use is in Micronesia, 86 percent; followed by New Zealand, 81 percent; and Australia, 77 percent.
Globally, ET penetration reached 54 percent as at the end of June with 18 months remaining until the ended of 2007 deadline for 100 percent ET.
The IATA represents 261 airlines comprising 94 percent of international scheduled air traffic.
--Darwin G. Amojelar
The Manila Times - August 10, 2006
AIRLINE companies in the Philippines may start eliminating paper tickets by end of next year to meet global agreement set by the largest international association of airlines.
In a statement the Switzerland-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) said e-ticketing penetration in the country grew by 4 percent to 51 percent as of end June 2006.
In June 2004 members of the IATA agreed to eliminate paper tickets issued by end-2007.
“All countries, including the Philippines, will eliminate paper tickets by the end of 2007,” Albert Tjoeng, IATA Asia Pacific corporate communications manager, said.
He warned that failure to comply with the agreement by end-2007 may jeopardize an airline company’s interline agreements with other carriers.
In the Philippines the IATA members are the Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific.
PAL had to shell out an initial $200,000 for the deployment of e-ticketing system.
In PAL e-ticketing service is available to passengers flying to Cebu, Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Laoag, Legaspi, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran and Zamboanga.
For its international operations e-ticketing is available in Busan, Guam, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seoul and Vancouver.
Cebu Pacific, meanwhile, issues e-tickets to its domestic flights.
The Switzerland-based airline association expects that global airline industry could save at least $3 billion annually from e-ticketing. Its members process 315 million paper tickets every year. Paper ticket costs about $10 to process while an e-ticket costs about $1 to process.
In Asia Pacific the e-ticket penetration rose to 47 percent in June this year from only 30 percent in the same period in 2005. Thailand e-ticket penetration rose by 5 percent, India and Japan, 3 percent. Within the region, the highest ET use is in Micronesia, 86 percent; followed by New Zealand, 81 percent; and Australia, 77 percent.
Globally, ET penetration reached 54 percent as at the end of June with 18 months remaining until the ended of 2007 deadline for 100 percent ET.
The IATA represents 261 airlines comprising 94 percent of international scheduled air traffic.
--Darwin G. Amojelar