This month:

• Stepping up to the ET challenge
• IATA e-freight takes shape
• What are ET Hubs?
• Project News
• StB Workshops
• Fact of the month

Stepping up to the ET challenge

With China, the US and parts of Europe already issuing 90% or more of their tickets as ETs, the acceptance of ET in these markets is clear. What is not so well known is how the level of ET issuance has accelerated across the globe. Below are examples of how airlines world wide stepped up to the ET challenge during the last few months.

• Japan Airlines International, one of the largest ticket issuers in the BSP, increased their level of ET issuance by an overall 20% in the last 4 months of 2006, a year during which they implemented 25 interline ET agreements.
• Garuda Indonesia, a major carrier with a complex domestic network spanning 4 time zones, covering Asia, Australasia and the Middle East, went from issuing only 6% ET in October 2006 to achieve a level of 70% by the end of Jan 2007.
• Bulgaria Air, who issued their first BSP ET in June 2006, had achieved ET issuance level of 76% by the end of Jan 2007.
• Egyptair, in their first month of ET issuance achieved a level of 5%. Already over 100,000 passengers have flown Egyptair using ETs. Equally impressive, Egyptair has already implemented two interline ET agreements.
• Aloha Airlines, over the last 2 months achieved an increase of 44% in their share of ET issuance.

IATA e-freight takes shape!

IATA's Director General and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, has appointed industry chairs for each of the 5 e-freight pilot implementation groups in Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands.

• Canada: Mr Mike Morey, Director Cargo Standards and Procedures - Air Canada
• Hong Kong: Mr. Albert Lo, Manager Cargo Services - Cathay Pacific
• Netherlands: Mr Mattijs Ten Brink, Vice President Worldwide Operations, KLM
• Singapore: Mr Chong-Beng Tan - Singapore Airlines Cargo
• United Kingdom: Mr Edwin Searancke, General Manager Customer Delivery, British Airways World Cargo

Each chair will be responsible for driving local e-freight pilot implementation and will be directly supported by the IATA Regional Cargo Director and a newly appointed local e-freight implementation manager. Find out more about IATA e-freight pilots.

What are ET Hubs?

“ET Hubs” are a product that can quickly establish connectivity between ET databases. The “One to many” connections that are the main feature of what system suppliers describe as their “ET Hub” solutions are designed to assist airlines to more rapidly and cost effectively deploy interline ET agreements. Since an ET Hub has connections to many different airline ET Servers, an individual airline can access all of the other connected airlines with a single connection to the Hub. Is such ET Hub connectivity a “magic bullet” for the interline ET challenge? Read the article.

Project News

ET:

• ET issuance: The industry ended the month of January with 77% Global ET penetration. How did your region do?
• Challenges to ET: Are irregular operations, passive booking, and interlining giving you a headache? If so, you need to participate in the new ET workshops series. In addition, it is an excellent networking opportunity to meet potential Interline partners. The first workshop will take place in Barcelona, Spain March 13 - 14, 2007. Find out more.
• Interlining: Leading airlines count with 65 or more IETs completed. Find out the top 20 carriers by implemented IETs. For the total number of IETs implemented check out the Fact of the Month!
• Remember that the GBR and the IET Matchmaker can help you progress your IET implementation!
  

BCBP:

• Bar-coded boarding passes gaining ground: 34 airlines are now BCBP capable. Read the BCBP Scorecard.
• Gaetan, Air France's DCS, is testing BCBP in 2 locations and will be fully BCBP capable in June 2007. For more information on DCS capability consult the DCS Survey.
• Dubai International Airport Terminal 2 is now 100% BCBP, which means all boarding passes issued in that terminal contain the IATA 2D barcode. In addition, all gates in the terminal are equipped with 2D barcode scanners. Want to know what other airports accept and/or issue BCBP? Visit our interactive map.

IATA e-freight:

• IATA e-freight will be present at the World Cargo Symposium in Mexico next 5 - 8 March, 2007.

CUSS:

• CUSS keeps expanding: 55 airports now offer CUSS! Read the CUSS Scorecard for more details.

StB Workshops

• BCBP workshops are being held around the world. The next workshop will take place in Barcelona 14 - 15 March. Don't miss it!
• ET workshops are an excellent networking opportunity to meet potential Interline partners. Learn the dates and locations by visiting the ET workshop page on the StB Support Portal.
  

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The StB Global Team