Onur Air Private Airline Becomes Wirecard's Client

MUNICH, Germany, October 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

- Additional sales channel with BSP connection

WirecardAG has gained OnurAir, a private airline in Turkey, as a client. The airline is now using the International Air Transport Association (IATA) interface for the billing and settlement plan (BSP) via Wirecard's multi-channel payment gateway for the first time. This now allows OnurAir to process ticket sales even more quickly and easily.

OnurAir is a member of IATA and its headquarters are based in Istanbul. As one of Turkey's leading private airlines, Onur Air flies on a scheduled basis from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to 8international destinations in 6countries and to 17 of the most popular domestic destinations in Turkey. The flight network was recently expanded to include the major European cities of Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna.

"Wirecard immediately recognised our requirements for process optimisation and offered the perfect solution," comments Teoman Tosun, CEO of OnurAir. "The standardised BSP process allows us to operate with greater efficiency and offer our international customers secure processing of payment flows."

Jan Ruebel, Head of Sales Travel & Mobility at Wirecard, comments: "Our individually customised solutions are aimed at leading airlines worldwide. As a partner of IATA, we are delighted to add another airline to our client portfolio with OnurAir."

Wirecard already manages a comprehensive range of services in the field of payment processing and risk management for a number of airlines. Customers benefit from the global market penetration of Wirecard, which also holds a full banking licence, and advance their own international growth.

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About Wirecard:

Wirecard AG is one of the world's leading independent providers of outsourcing and white label solutions for electronic payment transactions. The Wirecard Group has been supporting companies in accepting electronic payments from all sales channels. A global multi-channel platform bundles international payment acceptances and methods, supplemented by fraud prevention solutions. When it comes to issuing their own payment instruments in the form of cards or mobile payment solutions, Wirecard provides companies with an end-to-end infrastructure, including the requisite licenses for card and account products.

Wirecard AG is listed on the Frankfurt Securities Exchange (TecDAX, ISIN DE0007472060, WDI).

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About Onur Air:

Onur Air, founded in 1992, today with its 1.500 employee is one of well-respected private airline companies in Turkey. Over the last 22 years, the company leaded Turkish aviation as a pioneer; at present serving with its fleet of 22 aircraft and 5027 seat capacity. Onur Air; established to conduct touristic charter flights between Europe and Turkey in 1992, has added domestic scheduled flights to its portfolio starting from 2003 and the company currently flies to 8 international and 17 domestic scheduled routes in addition to approximately 80 charter destinations in 20 countries. Onur Air set the bar high being the first airline awarded with the EN9110:2010 Quality Standardization Certificate in Turkey. The company has always prioritized the continuous improvement and customer satisfaction and aimed to provide value added services at reasonable prices.

http://www.onurair.com

Wirecard Media Contact:
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Onur Air Media Contact:
Onur Air
Atatürk Havalimani B Door
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YeÅŸilköy Istanbul / Turkey
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Website: http://www.onurair.com