Gulf Air extends IET to British Airways, Emirates

After the first successful implementation of Interline Electronic Ticketing (IET) with American Airlines, Gulf Air has now extended the IET facility to include British Airways (BA) and Emirates (EK) in its e-ticketing network.
Passengers can now enjoy the convenience of using a single e-ticket for journeys on Gulf Air and BA and EK to eligible destinations. BA flies to over 550 destinations while Emirates connects 83 destinations in 57 countries around the world.

"Gulf Air is on the fast track in its e-ticketing mission," says Gulf Air Vice President Information Technology Pauric Doyle. "This is another milestone in our continuous stride towards implementing electronic ticketing to make global travel easier especially when it involves more than one airline."
IET offers greater flexibility and convenience to passengers and the airlines; it makes it easier for travellers using electronic tickets to change travel plans and carriers while en route and, allows airlines to issue e-tickets on each other’s services and code share flights, where eligible.

"Since we rolled out our first e-ticketing in November 2005, our progress has been well on the track. Gulf Air is one of the very few airlines to date to have completed e-ticketing in 70 per cent of its network. And we are well ahead in our plans to meet the International Air Transport Association (IATA) deadline of 31 December 2007," concludes Doyle.

Gulf Air already enjoys 'Green Status' by IATA in recognition of its progress towards achieving 100 per cent electronic ticketing by the deadline.

The airline has leveraged it’s participation in the major Interline ET hubs which reduces activation timelines dramatically and enables immediate access to all other linked airlines at minimal cost.