OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2010. The first multifunctional online airline ticket booking and purchase service was launched in the Republic of Belarus via www.belavia.by, reported the press-centre of BPS-Bank.

The national airline Belavia together with JSC "BPS-Bank" and the electronic payment system "Skarbnik" presented the Internet-site www.belavia.by with the service of airline ticket purchase via the Internet with the use of payment cards, which is totally new to the Belarusian market. Search of optimal route, booking and purchase of airline tickets is carried out online, opposite to traditional multistage scheme with phone calls and e-mail messaging.

VISA and MasterCard card holders can appreciate the convenience of the new service. The cards are accepted for payment, issued not only by Belarusian but also foreign banks, which allows citizens of other countries to purchase Belavia airline tickets.

The new service has simple and user-friendly interface and all functionality for selection of the convenient flight route and its payment with a payment card. In making an electronic payment, all customers are guaranteed full confidentiality of all input data. It shall be noted that using the service does not require payment of any additional fees or commissions.

To get an advice on selection of route or other issues related to airline ticket booking and purchase, call the 24-hour customer service centre at +375-17-216-21-01.

Belavia
The national airline "Belavia" was established on March 5, 1996 based on the Belarusian association of civil airlines, and has 60 years' long experience of passenger and cargo transportation, a vast stock of aircraft, highly skilled personnel and well established air routes. The company has 17 representative offices in the neighbouring and foreign countries and is a member of the International Air Transport Association - IАТА.

BPS-Bank
JSC "BPS-Bank" is one of the leaders of the banking system of the Republic of Belarus. Since December 2009, the bank is a member of Sberbank Group. The volume of plastic cards issue is over 1 million cards, and by this parameter the bank is ranked 2nd in the Republic of Belarus. BPS-Bank serves more than 27 thousand corporate customers and 1,336 thousand individuals. The branch network of the bank includes 180 banking service locations in each economically important town of the country. The bank employs over 4,900 people. The official web-site is www.bpsb.by.

Skarbnik
The company "Skarbnik" was established in 2009 and is the supplier of new payment technologies into the territory of the Republic of Belarus. We strive to provide each card holder with the largest range of possibilities of payment for goods and services, from monthly payment for public facility services and other one-time payments to purchase of goods and services of any type both in the Republic of Belarus and abroad. The company is distinguished by a qualitatively new level of work organization and clear understanding of objectives and methods of their achievement.