E-ticketing is costing small airlines their partners.

The article reports that a four-year interline agreement between British Airways (BA) and Rwandair Express, Rwanda's national airline, will terminate on May 31, 2008 because BA will phase out paper tickets, effective June 2008. According to BA Commercial Agreements Manager Gary Wallace, while they will continue to accept paper tickets signed by Rwandair up to May 31, 2008, they will not renew the interline deal. He added that BA will prioritize implementation of interline e-tickets on the basis of the value of interline traffic between BA and other carriers involved.