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On February 17, 2010 the first multifunctional service in the Republic of Belarus for purchasing airline tickets on-line WWW.BELAVIA.BY has been officially launched.

"Belavia" National Airlines in cooperation with JSC "BPS-Bank" and Electronic Payments System “Skarbnik” have introduced a brand-new service for the Belarusian market – acquiring airline tickets on-line using bank cards on the official website of "Belavia" - WWW.BELAVIA.BY. Search for an appropriate route and purchase of airline tickets are accomplished on-line unlike common multistage scheme using phone communication and e-mail correspondence.

"Launching of an Internet Booking Engine is an important step forward for the National Airlines in improving the quality and reaching international standards in the sphere of passengers service", said Igor Cherginets, Marketing and External Relations Deputy Chief Director of "Belavia".

The advantages of the new service are available to VISA and MasterCard owners at the moment. Both the cards issued by Belarusian banks as well as ones issued by foreign banks are acceptable which enables citizens of other countries to acquire "Belavia" airline tickets.

"This project is fulfilled on the base of internet-acquiring – a new bank service in sphere of internet financial operations. "BPC-Bank" is introducing its partners a modern platform to adopt new models in the field of clients' service and e-commerce development", said Nikolai Bilevich – Director of the Bank Cards Department, JSC "BPC-Bank".

The new service has a plain and easy interface and offers a wide range of options to choose the most appropriate route of the flight and tickets purchasing using a bank card. The privacy of the data is guaranteed to the clients while purchasing on-line. It is important to emphasize that the service is free of charge and without any commission.

"We highly appreciate our first client and partner the National Airlines "Belavia" company. To our opinion the launching of on-line service of booking and buying airline tickets is opening a new era in e-commerce development in the Republic of Belarus", said Sergey Kozlovsky – Director of the Electronic Payments System "Skarbnik".

For all information concerning booking, the flight route and acquiring airline tickets the multilingual call-centre is available 24 hours: +375-17-216-21-01.

Belavia

"Belavia" – the National Airlines company of the Republic of Belarus, the leader in the Belarusian airlines market. Fulfills the flights on regular base to more than 32 destinations in 20 countries of the world. In the year 2009 the number of clients purchased its services was equal to 750,000. The strategy of the company is a constant modernization of its fleet and launching new information technologies. At the moment the fleet of the company counts 14 aircrafts. The high level of flights security is confirmed by the IOSA certificate, and the company is constantly proving its correspondence.

BPC-Bank

"BPC-Bank" is one of the leading banks in the banking system of the Republic of Belarus. In December, 2009 the bank entered the SBERBANK (Savings Bank of the Russian Federation) Group. Due to the emission volume of bank cards which equals to 1 mln the bank is the second in the rate of the Belarusian banks. "BPC-Bank" renders its services to more than 27,000 businesses and 1,336,000 private clients. The net of the bank includes 180 affiliates in every economically important point of the republic; the number of employees is more than 4,900. Official site www.bpsb.by

Skarbnik

"Skarbnik" is a provider of the new payment technologies on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The goal of the company is to offer fast and safe payments in the internet using bank cards and to guarantee maximum safety and reliability to the users. One of the main "Skarbnik" partners is a Russian company "Assist" - a leading company in the Russian market providing safe electronic payments with 10 years experience. The "Assist" technologies and years of business experience is a solid foundation for successful development and warranty of services quality provided by "Skarbnik".