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Issue 00492 |
October 27 - November 2, 2007 |
issn 0856 - 9135 |
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Precision Air in e-ticketing deal
with British Airways By Staff Reporter Precision Air Services Ltd has entered into an agreement on Interline Electronic Ticketing (IET) with British Airways, bringing the number of the company’s partners to three. The latest move will enable Precision’s ticket offices to issue e-tickets, to all the destinations it serves, to passengers of both airlines. The airline`s Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager, Ellen Otaru-Okoedion said last week that it was another milestone after another agreement with Kenya Airways and Qatar Airlines. The target for precision is to have similar arrangements with 10 airlines, immediate targets being Ethiopian Airlines and KLM. She said the arrangement represents firm advancements towards facilitating the airlines` move to the International Air Transport Association`s (IATA) standard e-ticketing. Interline e-tickets permit customers to fly and check baggage on Precision Air and other carriers on a single paperless e-ticket itinerary, she said. Precision Air is the first airline in the country to have interline e-ticketing with multiple carriers. Precision Air e-ticket eligibility reached 92 per cent in June to become the third carrier in Africa to cross the line after KQ and South African Airways, according to IATA. An Interline Agreement is a contract between two carriers, where the airline partners can accept each other`s travel tickets. In such an arrangement, the passenger gets the opportunity to travel with one airline`s tickets on the flights of many other carriers all over the world, according to Otaru- Okoedion.
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