e-Tickets in India

Economic Times reports:

“The growth in e-ticketing during 2006 over the previous year has been perhaps the highest in the world. According to industry data, shared exclusively with SundayET by Amadeus, a travel IT supplier which tracks the trend on a monthly basis, e-ticket penetration grew from a measly 10% in 2005 to 65% in 2006. The figure for the year 2004 was a meagre 4%. This percentage reflects the total airline tickets sold through the net.

Amadeus India managing director, Mr Ankur Bhatia, feels that by the year end, e-ticketing penetration in India would be as high as 90%, which is roughly what the global average is now.”