Efata, Lippo work on ticket payment

JAKARTA: New airline carrier PT Efata Papua Airlines (Air Efata) and PT Bank Lippo Tbk signed a deal on Thursday, allowing the bank's customers to purchase plane tickets through its ATMs and Internet banking network.

Air Efata president director Frank Taira Supit said in a statement that the agreement would help customers in paying for tickets.

"By working together with LippoBank, we can reduce the hassles (associated with ticket sales) by offering our customers a convenient option of paying through ATMs and Internet banking," he said.

LippoBank, which was recently acquired by Malaysia's Khazanah Nasional Berhad, has 600 ATMs in 120 cities in the country. As of October, the bank has issued more than 2.5 million ATM cards and has some 68,000 customers registered to use the Lippo Netbank internet banking facility. -- JP