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China Southern Airlines
has announced a new strategic cooperation agreement with China UnionPay.
China UnionPay will provide the most advanced Internet E-ticket payment
system for China Southern Airline's E-ticket sales.
China UnionPay bank members total more than 450 Million bankcard
customers who are now able to buy airline tickets from the safety and comfort of their home or office and simply claim their boarding pass at any
China Southern Airlines' E-ticket airport counter.
In 2002, China Southern recorded E-ticket sales of $72 Million (US). 2003
Internet revenues are expected to top out at more than $193 Million (US).
"We will continuously explore the E-ticket business, extend the service
into more cities, thoroughly upgrade the E-ticket system into a perfectly
functional system and use this cutting-edge technology to meld the connection of reservations, booking, flight departures, revenue accounting
and tariff," said Mr. Yan Zhi Qing, President, China Southern Air Holding
Company & Chairman of China Southern Airlines Company Ltd.
Mr. Yan added that the airline is, "demonstrating China Southern's brand
value of 'convenience and quickness', gradually improving the proportion
of E-ticket sales in China Southern's sales revenues, making China Southern one of the leading E-business airlines within China."
During the past three years, China Southern Airlines has gradually built up
its service network while continuously expanding its E-business platform
to the B-to-C and B-to-B customers and is currently available in 33 major
metropolitan cities across China, including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai
and Wuhan.
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