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Kingfisher Airlines Brings the Good Times Closer to Home-Introduces Ticketing Via SBI ATMs

Kingfisher Airlines, India’s fastest growing private airline and the first domestic carrier to introduce a premium First Class service for travelers flying on domestic routes today announced a special facility for its guests in the cities of Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai - Ticketing via any of the State Bank of India (SBI) ATMs or any of the SBI Group’s allied ATMs across these cities.

All a guest needs to do is follow the below mentioned simple procedure:

– Call up Kingfisher Airlines Call Centre number and inform the executive about the desired sector, date and time of travel. The executive will give the guest a Booking Reference Number (BRN).

– The guest can then go to any of the SBI or allied ATMs (in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai) and insert his ATM/debit card, follow the regular procedure by entering his/her PIN to access his/her account information.

– The screen will display an option requesting the guest to enter his/her BRN number.

– After entering the BRN number the guest can access all the flight details and the amount payable on the screen.

– After checking the correctness of the information the guest can confirm the booking by pressing YES option and the amount gets automatically debited from his/her account and the transaction is completed.

– The guest then carries along the transaction slip that is generated at the ATM, to the nearest Kingfisher Airlines’ Ticketing center and on display of this transaction receipt the executive at the center will hand over the ticket to the guest.

The service is powered by FSS. Added Mr. Rudhraapathy, Director, FSS, the service enabler, “We are pleased to partner with State Bank of India and Kingfisher Airlines in this innovative service. FSS solutions power over 75% of card based transactions for major banks in the country, with SBI group alone accounting for over 40 million transactions a month. Through FSSNeT, FSS offers value added services such as mobile to-pup, bilateral and multilateral ATM transaction sharing and e-Ticketing. FSS has pioneered the e-Ticketing payment services over ATMs. FSSNeT now enables State Bank of India’s over 17 million debit cardholders in making online payments to Kingfisher Airlines on a 24/7 basis on all SBI ATMs countrywide.”

Commenting on this unique tie up Mr. Manoj Chacko, General Manager Sales, Kingfisher Airlines said, “This tie up will now enable our guests to do their travel bookings while on the move. It will facilitate enhanced convenience to our guests in the cities of Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai, which are key revenue generating markets for us.”

About Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines is India’s first and only private airline to receive the prestigious, ‘Best New Airline of the Year’ award in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region from Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). Kingfisher Airlines has also been voted as the 3rd Most Successful Brand Launch of the Year 2005, in the annual Brand Derby Survey conducted by India’s leading business daily-Business Standard. In another Survey conducted by agencyfaqs.com and Brand Reporter, Kingfisher was voted as the 7th Buzziest Brand of 2005 amongst 2000 leading national and international brands. More recently, Kingfisher Airlines has bagged the “Service Excellence for a New Airline” award from Skytrax, a UK based specialist global air transport advisor.

The latest addition to the list of laurels is the “Best New Domestic Airline for Excellent Services and Cuisine” award from Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), the biggest travel writers’ organization, representing members from 70 countries across the globe, that conducts independent annual surveys across various industries related with Travel and Tourism in order to select the best in each category.

Kingfisher Airlines commenced operations on May 9th, 2005 with a brand new fleet of aircraft. Kingfisher Airlines offers Full Service at True Value and promises an unparalleled experience to the Indian air traveller. On offer are extra-wide seats and spacious leg room, delicious gourmet meals, international-class cabin crew and a whole host of comforts and delights.

Kingfisher Airlines also facilitates doorstep delivery of tickets on guest request. Kingfisher Airlines has further raised the bar by introducing the Indian business traveller to a premium product- Kingfisher First, the finest experience in the Indian skies. For more information on Kingfisher Airlines log on to www.flykingfisher.com . Fly the Good Times with Kingfisher Airlines.

About State Bank of India

State Bank Group has the largest ATM network in the country with 5579 ATMs covering 1907 centres (around 30 % of market share) with significant presence in rural and semi-urban areas. The Group is also the largest debit card issuer in South Asia with more than 17 million ATM-cum-Debit cards on Maestro platform of MasterCard International. State Bank Group’s cardholders have access to more than 6000 ATMs of HDFC Bank, UTI Bank, Indian Bank, Andhra Bank, PNB, Dena Bank, UCO Bank, IndusInd Bank, Union Bank of India and Corporation Bank also over and above their own network of 5579 ATMs.

State Bank ATMs have the facility of cash withdrawal, balance enquiry, mini-statement, temple trust donations, tuition fee payment, JMET fee, IIT JEE fee, utility bill payment and mobile top up. Besides, State Bank’s ATM Cum Debit Card has emerged as an alternate mode of payment for shopping. The cards usage on PoS terminals is increasing at a rate of 8-10 % per month.

Source : http://www.businesswireindia.com/

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