Jet Airways introduces mobile ticketing
June 24th, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANSMumbai, June 24 (IANS) Offering flight ticket booking through mobile phones, Jet Airways Friday entered into a partnership with ngpay, giving fliers a convenient option to seamlessly book tickets on their mobile phones, an official said.
This service will allow fliers to book, cancel and refund their eTickets and also manage payment cards on their phones. Upon completion of the booking process, an eTicket will automatically be sent to the flier’s preferred email address. The eTicket details will also be sent to his mobile phone via SMS.
“Jet Airways’ partnership with ngpay will offer yet another convenient booking channel, enabling our guests to book tickets on their mobile,” said Sudheer Raghavan, chief commercial officer at Jet Airways (I) Ltd.
“We are confident that the convenience and simplicity of this service will be much appreciated by our guests, especially since mobile phones have now become an integral part of our daily lives,” he added.
To activate this facility, fliers need to download the ngpay - mobile ticketing application on their GPRS enabled mobile phones by sending an SMS “JetNgpay” to 56388.
They will then receive a SMS with a link to download the application. Upon successful download, the ngpay icon will be displayed on their mobile phones.
With over a million users, ngpay is the fastest growing end-to-end mobile commerce service in India.
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 97 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 55 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 20 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.
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