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This will make domestic flying a bit more customer friendly.
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No boarding pass required to board flights in China from 2017
CRIENGLISH.com | Updated: 2016-11-24 08:16
Chinese air passengers will officially be able to board planes using only their ID cards from the start of 2017.
The move was announced by the vice president of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in North Asia, also its head delegate in China, Zhang Baojian.
It's estimated that airlines could save more than 1 billion yuan ($145 million) each year by cutting back on 5000 check-in counters, related staff and paperwork as a result of the new policy.
IATA also plans to put real-time financial settlements between airline companies and sales agencies into practice in China, making it the first country in the world to do so.
There have been calls for ID card boarding for several years, and the technology to make it happen has been around for two years or so, but civil aviation regulations insist that passengers' boarding passes should be checked before getting on board the plane.
The new policy allows QR codes or ID cards to be used so long as the ID information is consistent with the ticket.
The introduction of daily settlement was held up by technical issues involving airline companies which Zhang said were not hard to resolve, and the cost was much less than the benefit.
30 percent of settlements has been made by Wechat and Alipay online payments, to increase the speed of settlement for airline companies, added Zhang.
Daily settlement is seen by Zhang as a "highlight", with some European and American airline companies finding it hard to make even weekly settlements.
IATA is making preparations to help airline companies successfully make the change to daily settlements.
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China’s airports to ‘scrap boarding pass on domestic flights as early as next year’
Passengers to show identity cards to pass through checks to board planes, according to Chinese media reports
Jane Li
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 24 November, 2016, 2:27pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 24 November, 2016, 4:51pm
Chinese airports may adopt an ID card check-in system as early as next year, which would streamline the process of getting on a plane by skipping the need to show a boarding pass, according to Chinese media reports.
The Chinese authorities have officially approved airports to adopt the system on domestic flights, meaning passengers would be allowed go through security checks with just their ID cards, the National Business Daily quoted Zhang Baojian, the North Asia vice-president of the International Air Transport Association as saying.
The change is expected to save airlines at least 1 billion yuan (HK$1.12 billion) a year, reduce the number of check-in counters by about 5,000 and cut staffing levels, the newspaper said.
It could also ease overcrowding in some Chinese airports, according to the article.
China to spend 500b yuan on boosting civil aviation
The technology for the system was developed two years ago, but regulatory approval was only granted recently, Hou Kan, another regional official at the air transport association was quoted as saying.
Passengers will able go through airport customs or security checks by simply scanning their ID cards or have their ID information checked by airport staff to see if it matches computer records, Hou said.
Chinese airports have previously saved about 4 billion yuan a year by replacing paper air tickets with electronic tickets since 2000, Zhang said.
Amid China’s slowing economic growth, the nation’s aviation industry’s prospects appear bright, with more of the nation’s middle class choosing to fly when travelling.
China is set to surpass the United States to become the world’s largest aviation market measured by passenger numbers by 2024, the air transport association predicted earlier this year.
Long airport wait increases: average Chinese flight delay now up to 21 minutes
The number of people flying to, from and within China will almost double to 927 million annually by 2025, from 487 million last year, it said in a statement. Passenger numbers in China will reach 1.3 billion by 2035.
By comparison, passenger numbers in the US will increase to 904 million by 2025 from 657 million last year, according to the forecasts.
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No boarding pass required to board flights in China from 2017
CRIENGLISH.com | Updated: 2016-11-24 08:16
Chinese air passengers will officially be able to board planes using only their ID cards from the start of 2017.
The move was announced by the vice president of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in North Asia, also its head delegate in China, Zhang Baojian.
It's estimated that airlines could save more than 1 billion yuan ($145 million) each year by cutting back on 5000 check-in counters, related staff and paperwork as a result of the new policy.
IATA also plans to put real-time financial settlements between airline companies and sales agencies into practice in China, making it the first country in the world to do so.
There have been calls for ID card boarding for several years, and the technology to make it happen has been around for two years or so, but civil aviation regulations insist that passengers' boarding passes should be checked before getting on board the plane.
The new policy allows QR codes or ID cards to be used so long as the ID information is consistent with the ticket.
The introduction of daily settlement was held up by technical issues involving airline companies which Zhang said were not hard to resolve, and the cost was much less than the benefit.
30 percent of settlements has been made by Wechat and Alipay online payments, to increase the speed of settlement for airline companies, added Zhang.
Daily settlement is seen by Zhang as a "highlight", with some European and American airline companies finding it hard to make even weekly settlements.
IATA is making preparations to help airline companies successfully make the change to daily settlements.
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China’s airports to ‘scrap boarding pass on domestic flights as early as next year’
Passengers to show identity cards to pass through checks to board planes, according to Chinese media reports
Jane Li
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 24 November, 2016, 2:27pm
UPDATED : Thursday, 24 November, 2016, 4:51pm
Chinese airports may adopt an ID card check-in system as early as next year, which would streamline the process of getting on a plane by skipping the need to show a boarding pass, according to Chinese media reports.
The Chinese authorities have officially approved airports to adopt the system on domestic flights, meaning passengers would be allowed go through security checks with just their ID cards, the National Business Daily quoted Zhang Baojian, the North Asia vice-president of the International Air Transport Association as saying.
The change is expected to save airlines at least 1 billion yuan (HK$1.12 billion) a year, reduce the number of check-in counters by about 5,000 and cut staffing levels, the newspaper said.
It could also ease overcrowding in some Chinese airports, according to the article.
China to spend 500b yuan on boosting civil aviation
The technology for the system was developed two years ago, but regulatory approval was only granted recently, Hou Kan, another regional official at the air transport association was quoted as saying.
Passengers will able go through airport customs or security checks by simply scanning their ID cards or have their ID information checked by airport staff to see if it matches computer records, Hou said.
Chinese airports have previously saved about 4 billion yuan a year by replacing paper air tickets with electronic tickets since 2000, Zhang said.
Amid China’s slowing economic growth, the nation’s aviation industry’s prospects appear bright, with more of the nation’s middle class choosing to fly when travelling.
China is set to surpass the United States to become the world’s largest aviation market measured by passenger numbers by 2024, the air transport association predicted earlier this year.
Long airport wait increases: average Chinese flight delay now up to 21 minutes
The number of people flying to, from and within China will almost double to 927 million annually by 2025, from 487 million last year, it said in a statement. Passenger numbers in China will reach 1.3 billion by 2035.
By comparison, passenger numbers in the US will increase to 904 million by 2025 from 657 million last year, according to the forecasts.