Sabre E-Ticketing Reaches High Scores

Ninety percent of all tickets issued worldwide through the Sabre GDS are now electronic, up from 80 percent in June 2006. And 161 airlines have implemented e-ticketing in Sabre, up from 122 eight months ago.

Condor, Corsair, Ethiopian Airlines, KD Avia, Malev Hungarian Airlines, Olt-Ostfriesische Lufft, Royal Jordanian, have become the latest carriers to implement e-ticketing through the Sabre GDS.

IATA’s “Simplifying the Business” strategy calls for 100 percent e-ticketing by the end of 2007. To date Sabre Travel Network is IATA approved to issue e-tickets in 77 countries, including 33 in the EMEA area, with Yemen the latest to be added.

While 161 airlines worldwide offer e-ticketing through the Sabre GDS, its sister company Sabre Airline Solutions is working with many airlines to ensure they will be compliant with IATA’s December deadline.

As many as 92 airlines are using the SabreSonic Ticket interline e-ticket (IET) hub to facilitate e-ticketing with other participating carriers without having to create bilateral agreements and a special connection. IET hub-connected carriers include British Airways, KLM, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, American Airlines, United, US Airways and Northwest Airlines.