Boac Computer
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To Issue Tickets
BOAC is about to become the fir international airline to issue compufl printed tickets to its passengers.
The first stage in BOAC’s pr gramme for automated ticketing begi on January 1 when Boadicea, the a: line’s computer, began printing pa senger tickets at Air Termin: Victoria, London. In February t: system will be extended to BOAC Park Avenue, New York office, a later to ticket offices in Regent Stre: London and Fifth Avenue, New Yoi Final tests on the new system are nc taking place.
Special ticket printers linked Boadicea will initially be printi tickets at the rate of one every minutes but printing time will eveni ally be reduced to seconds.
The new ticket will look similar the existing type but will be contain in a new folder.
Computer produced check-in structions will be shown, together w. details of any hotel bookings tl BOAC has made, on a counterfoil the main ticket.
A further major development—f; construction—will begin Boadk operation in the northern spring. Ii year’s time the computer will be at to help calculate fares for 80 per cc of the airline’s traffic. This will me a significant time saving in work: out fares for complicated trips invo ing several sectors.
The system is expected to makt big contribution to the reservatiii sales operation at a time when a hij upsurge in traffic is putting increase demands on BOAC services.
Boac Attains Industry
Cargo Record
A BOAC Boeing 747 passenger carried 32i tons of cargo on a fliiJ from New York to London recen —a load the airline believes is a cord for cargo carried on any regu scheduled passenger flight.
There was no heavy individual iti on the flight but, appropriately, largest consignment was 28,000 k>j of long playing records!
TWENTY-EIGHT men, working or retired in the south west Pacific region, whose total service to BOAC amounted to 817 years, met in Sydney recently for the area annual meeting of the airline's "25" Club, which is open to all who have served 25 years or more.
Here the Fiji contingent, Mr Murdo MacDonald, manager south Pacific islands (centre) 26 years, and Mr Gordon Shepherdson, airport manager, Nadi (right) 29 years, are seen with the former south west Pacific manager, Mr Sidney Hildrew (26 years).