Den Russen gehen die (Blanko)-Tickets aus

[Jubilee]

Airlines in Russia Running Dry on Tickets

29.10.2005

 

Airlines in Russia may soon be unable to book flights because stocks of blank tickets are being held at the border due to a new government regulation, UPI reported.

 

The rule change took effect Oct. 1 within an effort to monitor important documents.

 

Airlines are running dry on tickets, and without them they cannot provide their service, said Marek Pedersen, regional manager for SAS Scandinavian airlines.

 

Lev Koshlyakov of Russia’s major domestic carrier Aeroflot said even local airlines are facing a shortage because 80 per cent of the blank tickets used in Russia are printed abroad.

 

While airlines elsewhere are increasingly turning to e-ticketing, that appears to be a non-starter in Russia — because tax authorities require paper tickets for all flights.

Quelle

[Sabo]

Dann sollen sie mal bei türkischen Airlines ...oder türkischen Reisebüors nachfragen :-)

[Micha]

Dazu muss gesagt werden dass die meisten russischen Flughäfen nicht in der Lage sein dürften Paxen mit etix abzufertigen, es fehlt einfach an PC gestützten Datenbanksystemen mit denen Buchung und Abfertigung abgewickelt werden kann.