Wirraway
20th Dec 2004, 17:11
Tues "The Australian"
OneWorld a hop away with e-ticket
Steve Creedy, Aviation
December 21, 2004
QANTAS passengers can now use one e-ticket on all seven of the flying kangaroo's OneWorld alliance partners.
The airline finalised links last week with Cathay Pacific, allowing it to offer e-tickets to almost 600 destinations in the OneWorld network.
Other partners include Ireland's Aer Lingus, American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Spain's Iberia and Chile's LAN.
The International Air Transport Association has identified a move to e-tickets as a major cost-saving for airlines, estimating it will save the industry $US3 billion ($4 billion) worldwide.
The Australian carrier also praised the benefits to travellers of e-tickets, saying they could not be lost or stolen, they made check-in faster and it was easier to change bookings.
"It is an important achievement for Qantas and the OneWorld alliance," said Qantas head of sales and distribution Rob Gurney.
Qantas had also signed an $18 million deal with international electronic and systems group Thales to upgrade seven full-flight simulators.
Thales will upgrade two Boeing 747-400 simulators to the highest internationally recognised level of flight simulation.
A Boeing 767-300 machine will be upgraded to the same architecture as three recently delivered machines.
The six simulators and a third-party 747-400 facility will also have a state-of-the-art visual system fitted, a spokesman said.
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OneWorld a hop away with e-ticket
Steve Creedy, Aviation
December 21, 2004
QANTAS passengers can now use one e-ticket on all seven of the flying kangaroo's OneWorld alliance partners.
The airline finalised links last week with Cathay Pacific, allowing it to offer e-tickets to almost 600 destinations in the OneWorld network.
Other partners include Ireland's Aer Lingus, American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Spain's Iberia and Chile's LAN.
The International Air Transport Association has identified a move to e-tickets as a major cost-saving for airlines, estimating it will save the industry $US3 billion ($4 billion) worldwide.
The Australian carrier also praised the benefits to travellers of e-tickets, saying they could not be lost or stolen, they made check-in faster and it was easier to change bookings.
"It is an important achievement for Qantas and the OneWorld alliance," said Qantas head of sales and distribution Rob Gurney.
Qantas had also signed an $18 million deal with international electronic and systems group Thales to upgrade seven full-flight simulators.
Thales will upgrade two Boeing 747-400 simulators to the highest internationally recognised level of flight simulation.
A Boeing 767-300 machine will be upgraded to the same architecture as three recently delivered machines.
The six simulators and a third-party 747-400 facility will also have a state-of-the-art visual system fitted, a spokesman said.
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