e-ticketing will cover 90 per cent of interline travel by 31 May, says IATA

Mumbai: Allaying fears of travel agents that interline travel would get adversely affected by the enforcement of 100 per cent e-ticketing, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said  Saturday that e-ticketing agreements between airlines would cover about 90 per cent of such travel by 31 May.

The  Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) had sought government intervention to prevent the enforcement of 100 per cent e-ticketing from 1 June saying interline travel would take a hit as airlines globally, as also India's national carrier, Air India, were not 100 per cent e-ticket-enabled.

"We are over 95 per cent e-ticketing-enabled and on approach to rid the industry of the costly inconvenience of outdated paper tickets. Interline travel is about 10 per cent of the total business and we expect interline e-ticketing agreements to cover about 90 per cent of interline travel by May 31," said IATA communications manager (APAC) Albert Tjoeng.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) feels only one per cent of travel would be affected by lack of interline agreements.

When a person changes airlines on the way between two destinations, it is referred to as interline travel.