This month:
IATA's Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Simplifying the Business has been busy preparing for IATA's Annual General Meeting next June 3-5 in Vancouver, Canada. The industry status will be presented to the Board of Governors together with the feedback from the airlines gathered in the last e-ticketing campaign last month. It will surely be a historic event for the Simplifying the Business programme, IATA and the future of the industry. More news on the AGM coming mid-June!
June 1st, 2007- Electronic ticket as a default
"In accordance with IATA Resolutions, effective 1 June 2007, if the itinerary to be ticketed is e-ticket eligible and it is technically and/or procedurally feasible, it is mandatory to issue an e-ticket and NOT a paper ticket."
This message, which responds to last year's decision by the Joint Passenger Services Conference, will be distributed by major GDS to remind their subscribers of this important change.
Latest interlining news
On average the top 50 carriers have implemented 10 interline ET agreement over the last 3 months, moving from an average total of 25 implemented IET agreements to 35 now.
- Leading: The top 12 positions in the ranking have been stable, with Continental leading the way with 82 implementations overall and continuing to implement on average one or two new IET each and every week.
- Fast approaching: The fastest implementer of interline ET agreements over the last 3 months was South African Airways, with 25 implementations. Other fast track implementers rising up the rankings include Hahn Air (with 24 implementations), Qatar (with 23 implementations), Swiss (with 22 implementations), Royal Jordanian (15 implementations) and Thai (15 implementations).
- Lagging: Carriers who took on average two weeks or more to implement an IET continue to slide down the ranking.
Access the complete list of the TOP 50 carriers by IET agreements.
Project News
ET:
- News on the most recent ET penetration statistics will be shared following the AGM.
- The most recent IDEC membership list (mandatory to issue Interline ET) is now available on the StB Support Portal.
- Check out the latest DCS survey!
BCBP:
Significant milestones achieved:
- There are now 50 BCBP capable airlines. Read the BCBP project update.
- All 8 regions have at least one BCBP capable airline!
- The first Interline BCBP was issued for an itinerary including KLM and Kenya Airways!
- 12 steps to become BCBP capable: A useful document with all the steps necessary to become BCBP capable, with specific information for each major DCS provider.
- Is your DCS provider BCBP capable? Find out here.
IATA e-freight:
- Find out the participant status of the Message Improvement Programme (MIP) here.
CUSS:
- 60 airports are offering CUSS compliant kiosks worldwide! For the latest update please click here.
StB Workshops
- BCBP: Two more opportunities to attend a BCBP workshop: Casablanca and Moscow. More information.
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