Delta Air Lines has partnered with Ant Financial and UATP to allow its Chinese customers make payments via Alipay.
Under the partnership, customers can to book tickets on Delta’s website through bank, credit or debit cards linked with over 200 Alipay financial institution partners around the world.
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The alliance with Ant Financial will allow the airline to connect with over 300 million registered Alipay users in China.
The move will make Delta airlines as the first US carrier to add Ant Financial’s Alipay payment platform to its website.
Ant Financial Services president Jingming Li said: "Giving Chinese customers access to the payment method they most trust signals the great service that they can expect when they travel with Delta – from the ease of online booking to the airline’s Chinese-speaking flight attendants and airport support."
Delta’s senior vice president Asia Pacific Vinay Dube said: "As the U.S. and China have agreed to issue multiple-entry visas for up to ten years for short-term business and tourist travel, our partnership with Alipay will give more Chinese consumers the chance to experience traveling in the U.S. with our industry-leading product and service in flight and on the ground."
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