This month:
What does airline BCBP capability mean?
IATA has communicated and shared with the industry the IATA Board of Governor's mandate for 100% airline BCBP capability by 2008 and the 2007 target of 80 BCBP capable airlines. How is an airline validated by IATA as BCBP capable? What does it mean?
An airline is validated by IATA as BCBP capable when it provides a BCBP issued for a live flight. IATA then scans the BCBP and checks it complies with the IATA Standard (Resolution 792). According to the IATA standard, there are now 37 airlines that are BCBP capable. There are many ways for an airline to issue a BCBP. Read this document to determine if your airline is BCBP capable.
What's next for a BCBP capable airline?
BCBP capability is the first milestone. To achieve the full benefits of this technology an airline must engage airports, DCSs and ground handlers to ensure the smooth processing of passenger check-in and boarding, allowing the airline to provide passengers with the same level of service regardless of location. This is the vision for the Board of Governor's mandate for 100% BCBP by 2010.
To this end, IATA provides information and a series of tools that can help airlines and airports extend BCBP capability. As a start, the latest DCS Survey provides the plans for BCBP capability and the devices DCS's support: printers, boarding gate readers, and 2D bar code scanners. The BCBP scorecard shows the BCBP capability of airlines, which can be used to allow BCBPs to be issued for through check-in passengers. When it comes to implementation, BCBP workshops offer hands-on support from experts. Lastly, the interactive map provides a good overview of the BCBP capability of airports.
Case Studies: Towards 100% BCBP!
The 2010 mandate for 100% BCBP is already live in Basel Airport and Dubai's Terminal 2, which on January 2007, became 100% BCBP. In the case of Basel Airport, airlines are benefiting from a 40% reduction on CUTE charges. The airport is benefiting from cheaper equipment and lower maintenance costs and increased efficiency in its use of space. Finally, passengers are enjoying added convenience when using a home printed BCBP to bypass long queues.
Read the details of of Basel Airport and Dubai's Terminal 2 becoming BCBP capable in this document.
Interline ET Implementation: Reaching 1000 IETs!
The last 12 months have seen a near trebling of implemented interline ET agreements. To date, 1003 IETs have been implemented. See the progression here.
To help carriers track implementations a compact format of the Bilateral Interline ET Agreement table (BIETA) has been developed and will be e-mailed to the interline ET contact of all carriers registered with the IET Matchmaker service at the beginning of each month. For more information contact Rob Levy, Manager ET Solutions.
Project News
ET:
- The global ET penetration reached 78%. How did the airlines in your region do?
- 203 airlines using IATA BSPs are ET capable. For more information read the ET scorecard.
- More than 50 participants (airlines, airports and vendors) attended the first 2007 ET workshop in Barcelona. In addition to networking, airlines shared common challenges and best practices to overcome them. Don't miss the next workshops in Cairo and Nairobi! Find out more.
- Interlining: Once again this month, find out the top 21 carriers by implemented IETs.
- Have you registered your GBR?
BCBP:
- The Director General and CEO of IATA, Giovanni Bisignani, will open the next BCBP workshop in Singapore on April 4th.
- Bar-coded boarding passes gaining ground: 37 airlines are now BCBP capable. Read the BCBP Scorecard.
- Desko, an innovative manufacturer of 2D bar code scanners that supports BCBP on paper and mobile phones has joined the StB Preferred Partnership Programme for BCBP.
- Gavitec, a specialist in designing and manufacturing flexible 2D code readers for mobile technology has become an IATA Strategic Partner for 2D bar code.
- Athens International Airport (AIA) and IATA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, in which AIA commits to eliminate ATB2 mag stripe by the end of 2007.
IATA e-freight:
StB Workshops
A total of 136 airlines, 6 airports, and 7 vendor representatives have participated in the StB sponsored ET and BCBP regional workshops held thus far in 2007.
- BCBP: Only 5 BCBP workshops remain for the rest of the year. Don't miss the next workshop in Singapore!
- ET: Workshops are an excellent networking opportunity to meet potential Interline partners. There are only 3 workshops left before the deadline! Find out the dates and locations.
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The StB Global
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