Paper airline tickets on verge of extinction
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Paper airline tickets, once the industry standard, are on the fast track to oblivion.
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The cut-price airline industry is no longer enjoying the exponential growth that it once did.
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The scramble by big traditional US airlines to become profitable again is leaving many travelers with longer airport layovers. The typical American Airlines passenger connecting
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By Sheryl Jean, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 24--Lynnea Snodgrass held something rarely seen in her hand this week: a paper airline ticket.
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Thousands of fans could lose money and miss concerts after the Ticket Tout agency goes out of business.
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Paper airline tickets will become "collector's items" next year when the International Air Transport Association moves to an all-electronic ticketing system.
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By McClatchy Newspapers  FORT WORTH, Texas - If you're one of the dwindling number of travelers using a paper ticket to get on an airplane, the airline industry has a message for you: The paper ticket's almost gone.
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Airline fares are at historic lows, but you get what you pay for. Airlines have cut back on food service, started charging passengers to talk to human beings when making reservations, stuffed extra seats onto already-crowded planes and in one instance, done away with in-flight pillows.
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A few days after Northwest Airlines Corp. imposed charges on travel agents and independent Web sites that sell tickets on its flights, business travelers are being left to sort out the impact.
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RFID tags promise to all but eliminate the annoyance of misrouted luggage at a time when more bags go missing than ever. But at up to 20 cents a bag, airlines aren't racing to the solution. By Dave Demerjian.
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An online auction of tickets for the first commercial A380 flight is nearing an end, with one bidder spending S$153,000 (US$100,380) for a first-class seat on the Singapore Airlines Ltd. flight.
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NEW YORK - On June 1, the industry association that handles ticketing for most major airlines will stop issuing paper tickets. Some small regional or foreign airlines will continue issuing paper tickets, but they'll be few and far between.
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After half a decade of turmoil, a picture of air travel in the U.S. is starting to emerge, and it is far different from the caring image the airlines like to present.
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United States airlines are also putting off purchases of new planes, meaning the nationâs fleet of aircraft, on average, is aging right along with the passengers.
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Northwest, Continental, and Delta have a frequent flyer alliance. Too bad they're so stingy with their rewards.
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IATA goes all digital, saying paper tickets for flights will become collectors items within the year.
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By the end of the century one in 10 species of birds in the world will be extinct and a further 15 percent will be on the brink of extinction.