Jetstar signs Chinese payment deal
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Jetstar has signed a deal with China’s largest third-party payment company, Alipay. The cooperation will give customers booking via the Jetstar.com website the chance to transact directly from their Alipay accounts.
The low-cost carrier said it hopes the deal will boost its growing Chinese customer base as it expands to nine Chinese destinations by November. As of September 2011, Alipay had more than 600 million registered users and accounted for about half of China’s online payment services market.
Jetstar’s Chief Group Commercial Officer, David Koczkar said; “Jetstar’s cooperation with Alipay will give our growing number of Chinese customers hassle free access to our all day every day low fares. In the last two years alone we have added six mainland Chinese destinations to our expanding network with more Chinese routes in development. Working with Alipay with its enormous customer reach and high trust ratings is part of our commitment to finding the best ways to deliver our low fares to the Chinese travelling community.”
Alipay’s Chief Financial Officer, Eric Jing commented; “Jetstar is one of Alipay’s important overseas merchants. We are pleased to work with Jetstar to enable more Chinese consumers to enjoy enhanced access to Jetstar’s quality services.”
Jetstar has also recently launched a dedicated Chinese booking site.
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