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Galileo International, a leading global distribution services company,
has extended its Electronic Ticketing customer base by activating seven additional airlines across four Asian markets in June and
July, as follows:
· Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic in Japan
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KLM, KLM UK, KLM Excel, Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa in Thailand
· Qantas in Singapore
· Qantas in Hong Kong
Janie
Kaung, executive vice president and managing director of Galileo's Asia Pacific region, said: "E -tickets underline our business strategy of driving
costs out and driving value in. It takes cost out for our suppliers and increases
automation for our travel management companies since even more processes
can be handled on-line without human intervention. We are firmly committed
to expanding our e-ticketing capability across the Asia Pacific region."
Electronic ticketing benefits all parties in the travel equation. For airlines,
electronic ticketing is considered a cost-saving tool, an enhanced service to
their customers allowing booking and ticketing up to the last few minutes
before flight departure. Administrative costs are greatly reduced over paper
ticketing, improving the airline's revenue accounting processes. Travel agencies also benefit by no longer having to process or keep track of reams of
paper tickets, saving on personnel, processing, mailing and courier costs. E-tickets enhance the travelling experience of passengers by allowing them to
enjoy the freedom, efficiency and ease of ticketless travel. Passengers carry
less paper and enjoy the reassurance that they have no accountable travel
document to loose. They can also take advantage of carrier Frequent Flyer
e-ticket promotions. In Asia Pacific, Galileo
currently supports e-ticketing for varying numbers of carriers in
particular markets: · Hong Kong - 15 carriers
· Australia - 13 carriers
· Singapore - 12 carriers
· Japan - 10 carriers
· New Zealand - 6 carriers
· Thailand - 7 carriers
· Taiwan - 1 carrier Galileo's global e-ticketing capability now extends to 47 airlines in 37 countries. |
