More interline e-ticketing (IET) links have been implemented with other oneworld carrier by the three airlines lining up to join the alliance oneworld as members next year – Japan Airlines, Malév and Royal Jordanian.
Bringing the three new carriers on board will entail a total of 27 IET connections to be completed. Nineteen of them have already been cut over.
American Airlines, British Airways and, since earlier this month, LAN now offer the convenience of transfers using electronic tickets only with all three of the new recruits, with Finnair on schedule to follow suit by the end of the year.
Japan Airlines now offers IET with American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, LAN, Malév and Qantas.
Malév has implemented IET with all the alliance’s established carriers and with Japan Airlines.
[GADS_NEWS]Royal Jordanian is halfway through its IET programme, having linked already with American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia and LAN.
oneworld has since April 2005 been the only alliance with IET between all its member airlines, enabling passengers to make transfers throughout the group’s network without having to recourse to traditional, losable paper tickets.
Progress in all other activities required to bring the three new recruits on board the alliance is also well on track.