明年起可刷身份证登机 将减少五千个值机柜台

Chinese air passengers will officially be able to board planes using only their ID cards from the start of 2017.

自2017年起，国内航空乘客将正式可以仅凭身份证登机。

The move was announced by Zhang Baojian, the vice president of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in North Asia, also its head delegate in China.

这一举措是由国际航协北亚区副总裁、中国首席代表张保建于近日宣布的。

The new policy allows QR codes or ID cards to be used to board a plane so long as the ID information is consistent with the ticket.

根据这项新政策，只要身份信息与票面信息一致，二维码或身份证均可作为登机凭证。

It's estimated that airlines could save more than 1 billion yuan each year by cutting back on more than 5,000 check-in counters, related staff and paperwork as a result of the new policy.

据估计，通过减少5000余个值机柜台、相关工作人员和纸质文书，这项新政策可使航空公司每年节约逾10亿元的成本。

IATA also plans to put real-time settlements between airline companies and sales agencies into practice in China, making it the first country in the world to do so.

此外，国际航协还计划在中国实行航空公司和销售代理之间的实时结算，使我国成为全球首个开展这项业务的国家。

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.

实时结算的引入是由涉及航空公司的技术方面来支持的，张保建表示，这个问题不难解决，而且成本远低于效益。

30% of settlements has been made by Wechat and Alipay online payments, to increase the speed of settlement for airline companies, added Zhang.

张保建还表示，目前通过微信和支付宝的实时结算已经占到近30%的份额，提高了航空公司的结算速度。