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Published: June 3, 2008
Into thin air
Paper tickets land in museum where other dinosaurs are
By Jennifer Palmer
Paper airline tickets soon will be displayed in a museum — literally.

The International Air Transport Association , a global trade association representing 240 airlines worldwide, has done away with paper tickets as of Sunday. Plans for a ceremony in Istanbul , Turkey , were to include giving museums around the world framed paper airline tickets.

"It's the end of an era,” said Steve Lott , head of commun...

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