Implementing blockchain in airline ticketing system

There is a high demand for a secure airline ticketing system as the aviation industry expands worldwide. Airlines’ customers typically use a third-party ticketing service to facilitate the availing of tickets, which costs an additional five to ten percent of the ticket price. Moreover, the fraud in ticket booking also threatens their identity and financial loss. The present methods used for managing the ticketing system in the aviation industry are primarily centralized and fall short of assuring trustworthy data provenance, immutability, and openness. Blockchain has enormous potential to convert the ticketing system to a higher degree of security. Blockchain features a decentralized system, distributed notes, storage mechanisms, a consensus algorithm, Smart contracts, and encryption techniques to provide data security, integrity, and scalability. This study proposes a blockchain-based airline ticketing model with a distinctive smart contract between customers and flight owners using Ethereum as a platform. Ethereum aims to enable developers with simple and standard methods for developing blockchain-based decentralized applications utilizing smart contracts. Using asymmetric encryption technology, this system protects the integrity of ticketing information and ensures privacy. The system also includes digital signature technologies to improve ticket integrity and a ground-breaking ticket verification mechanism to prevent ticket scalping. The proposed blockchain-based ticketing system minimizes the need for third parties or intermediaries to validate transactions, drastically lowering overhead and transaction costs. Furthermore, this research proves Blockchain as a promising tool for the air ticketing system considering the secure environment provided for the customer.