OREANDA-NEWS. UTair Aviation and Surgutneftegasbank (SNGBank) have completed joint project for the provision of e-commerce services. The Bank ensures online payments with all types of bank cards under the VISA, VISA Electron, MasterCard, MasterCard Electronic, and Maestro brands made for the purchase of tickets on UTair's official website www.utair.ru http://www.utair.ru.

“Currently this is the largest project of Surgutneftegasbank providing support for online payments from over 500 existing ones and represents an important milestone in our cooperation with UTair,” said SNGBank Chairman of the Board Igor Korol. “Moreover, starting October 2013, in partnership with the airline, we issued a co-branded SNGB-STATUS MasterCard Gold card with PayPass contactless payment technology. We are glad to provide UTair passengers with more opportunities for buying tickets and earning air miles in any part of the world. Payments on airline's website are secured by Surgutneftegasbank in accordance with the highest international security standards.”

“This joint project with one of Russia's biggest regional banks will allow UTair to develop online ticket sales, ensuring a high level of security for online payments,” commented President of UTair-Passenger operations Oleg Semyonov. “The new co-branded card would allow passengers to earn air miles for flights and earn rewards such as free airfare and many other bonuses.”