Foreign airline companies in China, such as American Airlines, Air Canada, and Singapore Airlines have recently added extra fees of as much as RMB2000 to the price of printed tickets in order to encourage the use of electronic tickets.

According to local media, Korean Airlines is asking for RMB300 while Air Canada charges as much as RMB500 for printed tickets. Among foreign airlines, the highest fee comes from Singapore Airlines, which adds as much as RMB2000 to print tickets.

All airline companies will exclusively use electronic tickets in China by the end of May 2008. However some consumers still request print tickets, because some foreign airline companies can not issue legal receipts in China.

Air Canada, for example, can not issue legal receipts in China when electronic tickets are sold, causing problems for consumers who want to follow legal guidelines in China. A print ticket is an acceptable legal substitute for a receipt, but companies like Air Canada make it difficult for Chinese consumers and cause them to use potentially dubious accounting workarounds to seek reimbursement from their companies when they purchase air tickets.