Spanish airline Vueling accepts cryptocurrency as a means of payment - blockchain
Spanish airline Vueling accepts cryptocurrency as a means of payment - blockchain
vueling, a Spanish low-cost airline, has announced that it examines the functionality of blockchain and NFT technology (non-fungable tokens) in order to accept cryptocurrency as a means of payment for your services. The company has used the help of Criptan, a registered Spanish cryptocurrency exchange, and intends to open this payment option for users up to the 3rd quarter of 2023.
Vueling for collecting payments in crypto
vueling, one of the Spanish low -cost airlines that has Covid-19 travel restrictions take his first steps to accept crypto as a payment for his services. The company on 14 January examined the use of January Blockchain and NFT technology to enable customers to acquire flight tickets with crypto.
For this task, Vueling has come together with Criptan, a national stock exchange that is already registered with Banco de España in order to act as a payment company and process and complete customer orders with crypto.
vueling explains that this step will make it the first low -cost airline that accepts crypto as a means of payment in Europe. Jesus Monzo, Alliances and Distribution Manager of Vueling said:
This agreement brings us to the top of new technologies and innovations, strengthens our commitment to our customers and offers the best and most advanced tools and solutions on our website.
Jorge Soriano, CEO of Criptan, said the company was convinced that the introduction of crypto payments could improve user experience by showing customers the potential that is behind the implementation of such solutions.
The functionality is expected to be available and be used on the airline website until the third quarter of 2023 UATP tech, the global payment network for airlines, although the company has not specified which cryptocurrencies are accepted.
Airlines and crypto
Other airlines have already introduced crypto and even NFTs as part of their retail stores. One of them is Flybondi, an Argentine airline . Exhibit NFTs so that users can sell them on secondary sleeves. As part of this alliance, the company would also accept payments in stablecoins such as USDC and use Binance Pay as a partner for payment processing.
but also before that the Venezuelan government It would be reported in October 2021 Accept cryptocurrencies as a means of payment for flight tickets, including the national token, Petro.
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