The industry is at 100% ET. At midnight around the world on Saturday night 31 May 2008, travel agents stopped issuing IATA neutral paper tickets.
The four year ET project has been the flagship of the StB programme ever since its start at the June 2004 IATA AGM, offering the industry
savings of US$ 3 Billion and huge benefits of convenience to passengers, agents and airlines.
Answering all your questions on the transition to 100% ET
IATA ET services after 1 June 2008
As the ET project came to an end, following IATA ET services will no longer be available:
- The GBR Generator shut down on Monday 30 June. It is no longer possible to request a GBR, nor to create or edit your airline's GBR.
- The IET Matchmaker will be shut down on Friday 29 August. It will no longer be possible to request the contact information of an airline via the Matchmaker after this date. However, you will be able obtain the latest contact information of other MITA airlines on the MITA Private Site. Request access to the site. For further questions about MITA, please contact mita@iata.org.
- The RIETA (Reduced Interline Electronic Ticketing Agreements) file including airline GBRs will no longer be available after Friday 29 August, when the last one will be sent out. After this date, the BIETA (Bilateral Interline Electronic Ticketing Agreements) file listing the latest IET agreements will be accessible online to subscribers. Annual subscriptions can be purchased. This file is updated daily. For further questions about MITA, please contact mita@iata.org.
For any other questions about ET services, please contact eticket@iata.org.