Cimber Air Expands Corporate Sales With UATP

Cimber Air Expands Corporate Sales With UATP 


WASHINGTON, May 23  /PRNewswire/ -- Denmark-based Cimber Air is the latest
Scandinavian airline to join UATP's Merchant base.  Cimber Air now accepts all
UATP cards, issued by 15 airlines and accepted by over 200 airlines worldwide.
Cimber Air also holds strategic partnerships with UATP Issuers Lufthansa
(AirPlus) and Scandinavian Airlines Systems.

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"Being a UATP Merchant enables Cimber Air to be more competitive in the
corporate travel sector, as well as lowering our distribution costs through low
merchant service fees," said Lone Koch, Manager Business Systems.  "UATP is
helping Cimber Air to reach its strategic goals of growing our corporate travel
sector and market share across the region."

Cimber Air began operations in 1950 and is a 100% family-owned business.
Service and flights have significantly been increasing and expanding to
accommodate corporate travelers with service including destinations such as
Oslo, Stockholm, Munich, Brussels, from Billund, four Danish domestic services
and international flights to Basle, Wroclaw, Bucharest and Copenhagen.

Cimber offers unique travel packages such as the FlyCAR program where you fly
with Cimber Air to your destination and at the airport a car will be waiting
for you. The package includes a roundtrip flight and a 24-hour car rental
(Group B) which includes free mileage, the first tank of petrol and full
insurance.

"Airlines continue to respond to corporate travelers' needs for the acceptance
of UATP as well as the desire to lower credit card costs and eliminate foreign
exchange fees," said Ralph Kaiser, president and CEO, UATP. "The UATP merchant
base continues to grow because airlines, such as Cimber, are responding the
need to be more competitive by accepting UATP."

  Visit http://www.uatp.com/ or http://www.cimber.dk/ for more information.

  About UATP


UATP accounts are accepted as a form of payment for corporate business travel
by more than 200 airlines worldwide. UATP accounts are issued by these
airlines: Aer Lingus, Air New Zealand, Alitalia, American Airlines (NYSE:AMR),
Austrian Airlines, Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL),
Japan Airlines (NASDAQ:JALSY), Qantas Airways, Ltd., Scandinavian Airlines
System, United Airlines (OTC:UALAQ) (BULLETIN BOARD: UALAQ) , US Airways
(UAIRQ.OB), and VARIG Brazilian Airlines.  AirPlus International issues the
UATP-based Company Account for: British Airways (NYSE:BAB), Lufthansa German
Airlines, Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL).

CONTACT:  Wendy L. Ward of UATP, [phone] or . 

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