One of the Arab Air Carriers Organization's (AACO) most ambitious plans is the transition of all of its airline members from issuing paper tickets to e-tickets by 2007, which is the deadline set by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Meeting this deadline will be quite a challenge for the AACO as most of its members have yet to work on e-ticketing plans. The Arab airlines, working within the framework of the AACO, have finalized their negotiations with various vendors for the implementation of electronic tickets on their own networks. The process of selecting e-ticket vendors for the 23-airline association started immediately after the IATA decision to call for the withdrawal of paper tickets by the end of 2007. --MORE 12 05 Local Time 09 05 GMT
