FastJet has introduced its credit and
debit card payment solution using Visa and MasterCard and expect to
increase sales by 15 per cent, though mostly from overseas bookings.
FastJet Chief Commercial Officer Mr
Richard Bodin said they have partnered with Wirecard AG to use their
international footprint to avail the opportunity of transacting globally
where card payment solutions prevails.
“We have been inundated with requests
from outside Africa for people looking to purchase seats on the FastJet
website, and we are now in the position to be able to facilitate these
bookings,” Mr Bodin said in a statement yesterday.
The deal allows
consumers and travel agents from across the globe the ability to access
and pay for seats of the rapidly growing airline.
The solution that accepts Visa and
MasterCard holders was launched and is available on the airline’s
website Mr Bodin added: “This coupled with our hugely popular Mobile
Money payment facility really means that our customer base has the full
suite of payment processes available to them.”
FastJet expects up to 15 per cent of
future bookings to be made using credit and debit cards with Mobile
Money payments already accounting for as much as 25 per cent of sales.
Wirecard Executive Vice- President Travel and Transportation Jorg Moller
said Africa is a very interesting market as “our strength and
competence” in international payment and risk management solutions are
especially valuable here.
“Our solutions help airlines to operate
their business more efficiently and at low risk,” Moller said. Wirecard
AG (until April 2005: InfoGenie AG) is a global financial services and
technology company headquartered in Aschheim, Munich, Germany.
Last week the no-frills airline
announced its 100,000th passenger since commencing flights from Dar es
Salaam late last November and expansion of its frequencies to add two
more daily routes from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro to
Mwanza.
Source: The Daily News, www.dailynews.co.tz, reported by Abduel Elinaza in Dar es Salaam
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