A person who make a reservation of air ticket,provide detail about the different fares and offer, A Person who know the method of making the reservation on the computer reservation system and help traveller to make the reservation according to the traveller’s preferences like timings budget etc are called Fare and Ticketing Agent. They also guide the traveller in planning the itinerary and making other necessary arrangement while travelling .
Ticketing is very important part of any airline and travel agencies , This department plays a very important role in generating a revenue , nowadays airline tickets are getting cheaper ,and travelling in a flight is not a status symbols so this is a clear sign that this industry is going to be bigger and bigger in future and as far as India is concern this industry emerged as the fastest growing industry in the last three year. According to IATA(International Air Transport Association )India will displace UK in Third place .Govt of India is also putting lot of effort to make airline travel affordable and apart from that there are lot of private airline also making lot of effort to make air travel affordable which makes this as a great career option in future .
One should always go for the internship programme that how the airline ticket is getting made , so student should always find a opportunity to work with any travel organisation as intern .
Naresh Goyal , Jet Airways Founder
One can to IATA (International Air Transport Association) certification course as well and language course will be an added advantage.
No Competitive exam to for becoming a Ticketing agent .
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