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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/27082007/325...r-tickets.html
GENEVA (Reuters) - The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year. "In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association. The changeover from paper would not only cut airlines' costs by $9 for every traveller but would also mean the industry -- criticised by environmentalists for its part in global warming -- would save 50,000 mature trees a year, he added. Bisignani did not say whether the $9 in cost savings would or should be passed on to passengers. Based in Geneva, IATA represents more than 240 airlines which operate 94 percent of scheduled international flights. Non-IATA airlines, mainly low-cost carriers like the Irish Ryanair and the British Easyjet, already have a paper-free ticket system where travellers are registered in computers and present only an identity document at check-in. IATA launched its drive for so-called "e-ticketing" just over three years ago and now 84 percent of travellers on IATA carriers fly without paper tickets. The airlines body says China, one of the fastest-growing markets for air travel and host to next year's Olympic Games, is heading to be the first country in the world to operate an entirely paper-free ticketing system by the end of this year. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
Alain Quai schrieb:
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/27082007/325...r-tickets.html GENEVA (Reuters) - The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year. "In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association. Does this mean the end of air travel for someone who doesn't have a credit card and a PC? T. |
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michaelnewport has plenty to post and nothing to say
could you bid ade once and for all ?
"Alain Quai" a écrit dans le message de ups.com... http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/27082007/325...r-tickets.html GENEVA (Reuters) - The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year. "In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association. The changeover from paper would not only cut airlines' costs by $9 for every traveller but would also mean the industry -- criticised by environmentalists for its part in global warming -- would save 50,000 mature trees a year, he added. Bisignani did not say whether the $9 in cost savings would or should be passed on to passengers. Based in Geneva, IATA represents more than 240 airlines which operate 94 percent of scheduled international flights. Non-IATA airlines, mainly low-cost carriers like the Irish Ryanair and the British Easyjet, already have a paper-free ticket system where travellers are registered in computers and present only an identity document at check-in. IATA launched its drive for so-called "e-ticketing" just over three years ago and now 84 percent of travellers on IATA carriers fly without paper tickets. The airlines body says China, one of the fastest-growing markets for air travel and host to next year's Olympic Games, is heading to be the first country in the world to operate an entirely paper-free ticketing system by the end of this year. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
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Tom Peel wrote: "In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association. Does this mean the end of air travel for someone who doesn't have a credit card and a PC? Travel agent (to make bookings and print the bar code document) and driver's license or passport (for ID at the airport) are likely to be an acceptable alternative. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
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Alain Quai wrote: GENEVA (Reuters) - The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year. My, and it seems like only yesterday our resident licensed attorney, Paul Tauger, was advising us that an e-ticket is not a written contract, and that the statute of frauds precludes enforcement of non-written contracts. I wonder if they changed the statute of frauds since then, or if IATA is in violation. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
"Magda" wrote in message ... On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:56:56 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Tom Peel arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: ... Alain Quai schrieb: [...] ... Does this mean the end of air travel for someone who doesn't have a ... credit card and a PC? [...] You'll need a printer, too. Might be wise, but not necessarily essential. I've travelled a few times with a passport containing a post-it note bearing an e-ticket booking reference copied from the PC screen. Martin. -- 11(F) Group Ops room - the Battle of Britain Bunker URL: http://www.sylvesternet.freeserve.co.uk/11gpops/ I do not intend to imply that any views expressed above represent the policy of any organisation, nor do I warrant any information to be accurate. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
On Aug 27, 5:13 pm, (VS) wrote:
In article . com, Alain Quai wrote: GENEVA (Reuters) - The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year. My, and it seems like only yesterday our resident licensed attorney, Paul Tauger, was advising us that an e-ticket is not a written contract, and that the statute of frauds precludes enforcement of non-written contracts. E-tickets are written contracts. And even if they weren't, the statute of frauds only precludes the enforcement of certain non- written contracts, not all of them. IIRC a non-written contract for services is still enforceable under the statute of frauds unless it is impossible to perform the services in one year - so a non-written contract for an airline flight would be enforceable under the statute of frauds. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
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wrote: E-tickets are written contracts. Is that right? Paul Tauger, our resident lawyer, spake onto us ignorant laymen on many occasions that in his learned, licensed-attorney opinion, an e-ticket is not a written contract, e.g.: http://tinyurl.com/3xov8k Are you suggesting that Paul Tauger, Esq., who is - as he never tires of reminding all and sundry - a licensed attorney, is actually wrong on a matter of law?! |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:41:25 +0100, "Martin Sylvester"
wrote: Might be wise, but not necessarily essential. I've travelled a few times with a passport containing a post-it note bearing an e-ticket booking reference copied from the PC screen. Martin. There have been a number of times when I've printed it out and then someone at the airport has ignored it and reprinted it. |
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IATA bids farewell to paper tickets
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:47:44 GMT, Craig Welch wrote:
It's just a few years ago that I last had a ticket (international) that was not only printed, but *hand written*. I had one that was hand written just a couple months ago. This as I showed up for my Malaysia Airlines international flight forgetting I had a paper ticket and they made me buy another ticket, which they hand wrote. They still haven't refunded my double payment and I'm having to dispute it with my credit card company. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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