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Welcome to the future of travel. More choice and more control for passengers, and lower costs for the industry. Around 75 % of passengers worldwide want more self-service options.

IATA’s Fast Travel Program is providing self-service options in six areas of a passengers’ airport journey - representing annual savings of up to US$ 2.1 billion for the industry. By creating uniform standards and recommended practices, IATA will facilitate industry adoption of these projects – and a better travel experience for the customer.

Sign up for the StB Matchmaker - Airline and airport cooperation for Fast Travel implementations.

IATA Board target 2012:

• Implementation of at least 3 Fast Travel solutions in 100 airline/airport pairs.

During 2011 the following airline/airport pairs became Fast Travel compliant:

• SAS @ Copenhagen International Airport
• British Airways @ London Gatwick Airport
• Lufthansa @ Munich Airport
• Air New Zealand @ Auckland International Airport
• Etihad Airways @ Abu Dhabi International Airport
• Air China @ Beijing Capital International Airport
• Lufthansa @ Frankfurt Airport
  

The Fast Travel areas:

 CEO quote: " Clearly, we must knit new technologies in the Simplifying the Business program into a seamless process for our passengers. It’s a big job and the expectations on IATA are high.” (Tony Tyler, former CEO, Cathay Pacific)