June 20-06-09
AERO Contractors Company of Nigeria Limited, flight operators, has introduced an online service to enable its customers to purchase tickets online.
The online payment systems, which has been developed in partnership with Amalgamated Bank (Amalbank) and e-Tranzact, also allows customers to book in advance and pay for their tickets at the site of the Lagos-based airline.
With this service, customers can obtain smart cards from Amalbank, loadable at any of its automated teller machines (ATM) as well as e-Tranzact point of sale terminals.
The cards could then be used to purchase a ticket online or from designated Aero Contractors ticket agents.
The Deputy Minister for Transport, Ms Dzifa Ativor, launched the product and urged the partner companies to put in place in-built mechanism to check cyber fraud.
The deputy minister said one issue that had affected companies in Africa was the lack of a workable partnership which could help smaller ventures grow to benefit the people on the continent.
She, therefore, commended the collaboration between the Aero Contractors, e-Tranzact and Amalbank and expressed the hope that they would move beyond air travel services to other sectors.
The Managing Director Amalbank, Mr Menson Torkornoo, gave the assurance that the companies would offer good and efficient service to the Ghanaian public, saying they would be able to buy tickets from the comfort of their homes and offices.
“This is the partnership that has the promise to deliver more value to our cherished customers. We have plans to use this as platform to launch more value added services for your benefit,” he stated.
Mr George Babafemi, the chief operating officer of eTRANZACT, said the eTRANZACT card would not only be used on an ATM but also as an electronic online payment device.
He said the online ticketing service was a means of achieving eTRANSACT’s mission of rendering convenient, secure and cost-effective to its customers.
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