based Arab News today quoted Abdul Wahab Teffaha, Secretary General of the AACO and Chairman of the working team that was assigned to negotiate the e-ticket implementation by the AACO's general assembly, as saying that the process of finalizing the e-ticket issue has involved eight months of negotiations with industry players. He added that the results of these negotiations were very fruitful in terms of understanding the process and selecting the best vendors for member airlines from technological and economical standpoints. Vendors, such as Amadeus, Lufthansa Systems, Mercator, Sabre, SITA Inc. and Worldspan, will provide a number of AACO airlines with e-ticket solutions with their selected airlines partners. Teffaha concluded that by going through this quick and thorough process, AACO members would be ready for using e-tickets by the end of 2006, one year ahead of the IATA deadline. He also said that the AACO and the IATA have worked jointly on bringing together airlines, airport authorities and government agencies to launch an awareness campaign on how the implementation of e-tickets will affect the process of various stakeholders in the region's air transport. --MORE 12 08 Local Time 09 08 GMT
