Cryptocurrencies are beginning to be established in the economic ecosystem. Proof of this is the fact that the Spanish airline Vueling announced this week that from the beginning of 2023 it will accept payments for private customers in cryptocurrencies.
To offer this service, a subsidiary of IAG Group (British Airways, Iberia) has partnered with BitPay, a cryptocurrency payment services company. The technology part is back to the UATP payment solution used by many airlines.
«Ticket prices will be displayed in euros, և customers will be able to pay for their flight from more than 100 wallets և choose from 13 different cryptocurrencies և.“Wowling said in a press release. For example, bitcoin, ether or dogecoin can be used.
It is not the first company to adopt cryptocurrencies
«With this agreement, Vueling reaffirms its position as a digital airline“Said the representative of the Spanish company, which quotes the press release. Vueling claims the supposedly safe side of this payment. «Paying in cryptocurrencies is a promising transaction, which means that the user sends the correct amount, rather than cashing in like traditional credit or debit cards, eliminating transaction fraud and phishing.»
Vueling explains becoming like this.The first low-cost airline in Europe to adopt cryptocurrencies as a means of payment«. In fact, other companies are already offering bitcoin payments. for example, AirBaltic և Air Lituanica since 2014, or LOT Polish Airlines since 2015.
Source: Le Figaro
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