ABU DHABI, Nov 4 (Xinhua): Electronic air ticket (e-ticket) has become more effective in the Mideast market as 70 per cent people are using it to travel, surged by 50 per cent compared to the previous year, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported today.
"We've seen amazing progress in the Middle East on promoting e-ticket. Last year, Middle East airlines were near the bottom of the rankings at under 20 per cent. This year e-ticket levels have surged to 70 per cent and they continue to increase at 4-5 per cent per month," said Majdi Sabri, regional representative of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Global airlines industry has made good progress on e-tickets and the target to achieve 100 per cent figures by May 2008 is possible, Sabri said.
"Three years ago, when the initiative was launched, the industry was at 18 per cent e-ticket.
We are now quickly closing in on our goal," he added. Passengers and airlines would equally benefit from the increased convenience e-tickets offer, he said.
"On average a paper ticket costs 10 US dollars to process versus one dollar for an e-ticket. We estimate the industry will save some 3 billion dollars per year.
Electronic air tickets sales surge to 70pc in Mideast
FE Team | Published: November 05, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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