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Paper airline tickets, once the industry (36) , are on the fast track to be forgotten.
If the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has its way, airlines will (37) only electronic tickets by the end of 2007, sending paper tickets the way of rapidly (38) industry services such as in-flight meals and free (39) .
Travelers who opt for electronic tickets check in for flights using a credit card or government ID. The (40) to electronic ticketing, which could save millions of dollars, has been underway for more than ten years.
The IATA, a (41) 1 trade group, said 96 percent of tickets issued by US airlines are electronic, while globally 77 percent of tickets are electronic.
"The US Airlines can see the light at the end of the (42) " said IATA (43) Steve Lott. "They are definitely leading the world in terms of e-ticketing and going electronic. "
(44) Airlines that want to maintain paper ticketing beyond 2007 may continue to do so, but supplies will be costly, Lott said.
(45) . On average, an airline spends $10 to process a paper ticket compared with $1 to process an electronic ticket. (46) , Lott said.