Originally Posted by zvezda
The only problem that might remain is encoding the already standard information onto the paper slip in a standardized way. Each equipment manufacturer will push for a standard, but for their standard. It is up to the airlines to impose _one_ standard on all the manufacturers. Does anyone in the industry know whether this is happening?
It's one of the priorities of the IATA E-Ticketing group, which aims to replace all tickets worldwide with E-tickets by 2007. Their standard is for a 2D PDF417 barcode, which it appears is the style that ECI is using.
In fact, UA is one of the members of the group. I wonder how many of these items are on an Mr. Easy Online BP -- for example, does the BP contain all the segments? The spec allows for it. Has anyone scanned the wrong BP for a flight and still gotten on the plane?
Here's the Word document of the proposed IATA format:
http://www1.iata.org/WHIP/_Files/WgI...arCodeItem.doc
And a PowerPoint about the plan:
http://www1.iata.org/WHIP/_Files/WgI...20proposal.ppt
Implementation of 100% e-ticketing by 2007 is just one of four projects that IATA will lead.
The others include:
· Implementation of "Bar Codes" on boarding passes to replace magnetic stripe technology;
· Implementation of Common Use Self Service (CUSS) kiosks at airports for check-in;
. Implementation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for baggage sorting and handling.