Precision Air rolls out interline e-ticketing with BAA

Precision Air Services Ltd, has successfully rolled out Interline Electronic Ticketing (IET) with British Airways, bringing the number of the company�s partners to three.

The latest move will enable the airline�s ticket offices to issue e-tickets to all the destinations it serves to passengers of both airlines.

The airline`s Marketing and Corporate Communications Manager, Ellen Otaru-Okoedion, announcing on Friday said: `This is another milestone after successful cutover with Kenya Airways and Qatar Airlines`.

`We will now move to complete our target of cutover with 10 airlines before the end of this year, with immediate next target being Ethiopian Airlines, and KLM`, she said.

Otaru � Okoedion said the cutover represents firm advancements towards facilitating the airlines` move to the International Air Transport Association`s (IATA) standard e-ticketing.

`Interline e-tickets permit customers to fly and check baggage on Precision Air (PW) and other carriers on a single paperless e-ticket itinerary,` she said.

In the last two months, Precision Air made positive strides by cutover with Qatar Airlines and KQ to make it the first airline in the country to have interlined e-ticketing with multiple carriers.

Otaru- Okoedion explained that this is in line with the airline�s move to give its customers the opportunity to travel on time and offering the baggage check-in facility with its interline partners.

Precision Air e-ticket eligibility reached 92 per cent in June to become the third carrier in Africa to cross the line after KQ and South African Airways, according to IATA.

An Interline Agreement is a contract between two carriers, where the airline partners can accept each other`s travel tickets.

In such an arrangement, the passenger gets the opportunity to travel with one airline`s tickets on the flights of many other carriers all over the world, according to Otaru- Okoedion.