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Buh-bye, paper airline tickets

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Posted Monday, 27 August 2007, 08:33 HST @690

According to Reuters, paper airline tickets will be phased out by June 1, 2008. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has placed its last order for blank paper tickets. Almost every airline uses IATA tickets when an international traveller requests paper tickets. I still have a few paper ticket stubs that I’ve saved. They’re in a box, with some old postage stamps and punch cards.

The airlines have been preparing for a full conversion to e-tickets, so this news was not a big surprise. Even so, there will always be some travelers who will be shocked when their airline or travel agent doesn’t given them a paper ticket.

Tags: airlines, airport, e-commerce, history, value-chain
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