flynas and STC Pay sign agreement to provide passengers with new payment solutions
,On the side-lines of GITEX 2019
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, October 13, 2019: Saudi Telecom giant STC and leading low-cost carrier flynas have signed an agreement during the GITEX Technology Week 2019 event in Dubai to allow the airline’s customers to pay for flight bookings with STC Pay.
Ms. Asma Hamdan, Chief Information Officer at flynas, expressed her delight with this partnership that will add value to flynas’ customer service offerings by providing an additional payment option to further facilitate the booking process and provide greater convenience.
Ms. Hamdan also reiterated flynas’ keenness to provide top quality customer services and ensure the satisfaction of guests by pursuing innovative solutions that enhance passenger experience, beginning from booking flights and throughout the travel journey. She additionally praised STC and its efforts to provide well-rounded and integrated services to its massive client base in the Kingdom.
flynas is constantly developing and diversifying its payment solutions to facilitate ticket booking for passengers, who are now able to make their payment via Apple Pay and STC Pay alongside previous payment options including MasterCard, American Express, VISA, SADAD, and Mada Pay.
About STC:
With its headquarter in Riyadh, Saudi Telecom Group is the largest in the Middle East and North Africa based on market cap. STC’s revenue for 2018 amounted to 52,068 million SAR (13,885 million US dollars) and the net profit for 2018 amounted to 10,790 million SAR (2,877 million US dollars). STC was established in 1998 and currently counts about 100 million customers worldwide. It focuses on providing services to customers through a fiber-optic network that spans 158,000 kilometers across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. In Saudi Arabia (the group’s main operation site) STC operates the largest modern mobile network in the Middle East as it covers more than 99% of the country’s populated areas in addition to providing 4G mobile broadband to about 85% of the population across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Besides its main operation in Saudi Arabia, STC’s investments include 100% ownership in Viva Bahrain, 51.8% stake in Viva Kuwait, 35% stake in Oger Telecom Limited in UAE which controls Turk Telecom, Avea in Turkey, Cell-C in South Africa, 25% stake in Binariang GSM Holding in Malaysia which controls Maxis in Malaysia. In addition to the above-mentioned, STC has a wide range of underlying investments in information technology, content, distribution, contact centers and real estate, all of which support its telecom operations across the Middle East.
About flynas:
Established in 2007, flynas is the national Saudi Carrier and the leading low-cost airline in the Middle East with a fleet of 30 Airbus A320 Aircraft, operating over 1,200 flights weekly to 35 domestic and international destinations. Since its launch, flynas has successfully carried more than 38 million passengers from its bases of Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha.
flynas’ high value offerings, on-time performance and superior customer service earned flynas the award for Middle East’s Leading Low-Cost Airline from World Travel Awards 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, as well as the prestigious Skytrax Award for Middle East’s Best Low-Cost Airline in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
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