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Scroll downHow Alternative Airlines saved over £75K in 9 months with TransferWise In just the first 9 months, TransferWise has enabled Alternative Airlines to convert USD revenue to GBP to save £75K. Recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 tech companies, online flight search and booking company Alternative Airlines' revenue has grown from £3 million to over £19 million in just three years.
Alternative Airlines announced as one of the fastest growing tech companies in the UK Alternative Airlines has been named in The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100, a prestigious list of the fastest growing technology companies in Britain. Published by British newspaper The Sunday Times, the Tech Track 100 ranks Britain’s top 100 private tech, digital media and telecoms companies with the fastest-growing sales over the last three years.
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Alternative Airlines raises £1500 for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) Employees of the company walked/ran/cycled from the UK to Amsterdam for a fundraiser 19th June 2020 Alternative Airlines, a UK-based online flight search and booking website, recently held a fundraising event and raised £1500 for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), to express its gratitude for key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. With many European borders closed, employees of the company undertook a seven-day challenge to walk, run or cycle the same distance from their offices near Gatwick Airport in the UK to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands.
Read more...Alternative Airlines sees decrease in customer complaints and an increase in margin through its partnership with Protect Group On average, 1 in 3 Alternative Airlines customers have opted to purchase ‘Refund Protect’ when booking a flight 29th May 2020 Flight search and booking website, Alternative Airlines, has seen improvements across a number of its key metrics since offering cancellation product, Refund Protect, to its customers on all flights booked through the Alternative Airlines website. Refund Protect allows passengers booking through Alternative Airlines to protect their reservation by entitling them to a full refund if they need to cancel their flight due to a variety of reasons, including scheduled airline failure, adverse weather conditions, redundancy, illness and more.
Read more...Amanda Kotenko to head Alternative Airlines’ new division: Alternative Airlines for Business Alternative Airlines launches a new division — Alternative Airlines for Business — focused on growing business-to-business flight bookings, and appoints Amanda Kotenko as its Managing Director. 25th February 2020 Alternative Airlines, a global flight-search and booking website based near London, has announced that Amanda Kotenko will be joining the company as Managing Director of a newly launched, specialist division: Alternative Airlines for Business.
Read more...Alternative Airlines’ revenue doubles year-on-year to reach £19.0m After another year of tremendous growth, the UK-based online flight-search and booking website highlights a massive 185% increase in US sales as a driving factor.
Read more...Alternative Airlines and Duffel to re-engineer the rails for online travel booking Two next-generation travel companies join forces to offer customers more choice via NDC Content. London, 30th January, 2020 Alternative Airlines, the innovative flight booking platform and online travel agent, has announced a partnership with Duffel, a fast-growing startup that provides the ‘pipes’ connecting agencies to real-time flight content from airlines’ reservation systems.
Read more...US businesses are now able to ‘buy now, pay later’ when booking flights Alternative Airlines has teamed up with Resolve, to offer US businesses hassle-free, 0% interest payment terms on all flight bookings. 11/12/19 Alternative Airlines, a global flight-search and booking website, has partnered with Resolve, to offer US businesses the option to purchase flights now and pay back with 0% interest within 30 days when booking flights through the Alternativeairlines.
Read more...Passengers can now pre-book their airport lounge passes through Alternative Airlines Alternative Airlines has announced a new partnership with Lounge Pass, allowing customers to purchase airport lounge passes from around the world when booking flights. 05/12/19 Alternative Airlines, a global flight booking website, has announced a new partnership with Lounge Pass, a market-leading airport lounge provider.
Read more...Alternative Airlines announce their new Global Airlines Relationship Manager Alternative Airlines has appointed Thomas Garrett as their new Global Airlines Relationship Manager, to help build and foster relationships with airlines from around the world. 13/11/19 Alternative Airlines, a UK-based global flight booking platform, is excited to announce that Thomas Garrett is to fulfil the new role of Global Airlines Relationship Manager.
Read more...Alternative Airlines partners with Paysafe Rolls out Skrill, NETELLER and Rapid Transfer payment solutions, planning to offer paysafecard and Paysafecash. 10/10/19 Alternative Airlines, a Gatwick-based flight-search website that offers a fast, easy and convenient way to book flights, has announced a new partnership with Paysafe, a global payment services provider.
Read more...Alternative Airlines enters top 100 fastest-growing tech companies following 248% growth Alternative Airlines is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK according to this year’s prestigious The Sunday Times Tech Track 100. 09/09/19 Growing from three to 32 staff and achieving a staggering revenue growth of 248% in just three years, Alternative Airlines has been ranked 93rd in the list and has forecasted £19.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Releases Insights Into Travellers Pet Peeves Alternative Airlines survey results find travellers are highly irritated by noisy children, passengers standing up after the plane lands, and fellow passengers who clap at the end of a flight. 30/08/19 Alternative Airlines, a global flight-search website, has released data from a travel ‘pet peeves’ survey, which has highlighted some of the most annoying things travellers experience when flying - and it’s safe to say that other people top the list!
Read more...Alternative Airlines collaborates with Braintree to improve checkout experience Alternative Airlines, a Gatwick-based flight-search website that offers a fast, easy and convenient way to book flights, is collaborating with Braintree to offer customers a new and seamless checkout experience. A PayPal service, Braintree is at the forefront of next-generation payment technology and will enable Alternative Airlines to provide a fully integrated payment process.
Read more...Alternative Airlines now offer WhatsApp for global customer support Alternative Airlines, a growing flight-search website based in the UK, has announced that customers will now be able to contact its expert customer service team via WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging platform, in addition to existing channels of communication—including phone, on-site live chat and email. Instant messaging is the fastest growing communication channel on the planet, and WhatsApp has the highest distribution of all messaging apps worldwide: over 1.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Launches Travel Agents Hub for B2B Customers Gatwick based flight-search website Alternative Airlines has launched a new ‘Travel Agents Hub’. This new business-to-business (B2B) platform aims to facilitate the growing demand from travel agents to use Alternative Airlines as their flight booking system of choice and demonstrates Alternative Airlines’ continued commitment to offering the widest range of airlines to travel agents.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Grows Rapidly Alternative Airlines, a Gatwick-based flight-search website that offers a fast, easy and convenient way to book flights to remote destinations, has released its 2018 financial results showing an 86% increase in revenue to £9.96 million.
Read more...Alternative Airlines partners with Klarna to allow customers a flexible way to pay for flights Alternative Airlines, a UK-based flight search website that offers a fast, easy and convenient way to book flights to remote destinations, has announced a new partnership with Klarna, one of the leading European payment providers, to allow customers an alternative and flexible way to pay for their travel. Alternative Airlines’ Managing Director Sam Argyle explained how flexible finance solutions are growing in popularity in the travel market: “We’ve seen a real change in the way people purchase flights.
Read more...Alternative Airlines to offer 0% APR Finance on Flight Tickets for U.S Customers with Affirm The UK-based flight search website Alternative Airlines is now offering 0% APR finance on all flights under $1,000 for U.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Now Accepts Amazon Pay Today, Alternative Airlines, a flight search website, has implemented Amazon Pay as a new payment option, allowing customers to complete transactions in just a few clicks. This option will let passengers select their chosen flights with Alternative Airlines and pay by using the information already stored in their Amazon account.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Expands Payment Options For U.S.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Introduces Gordian Seat Selection For 32 Airlines Alternative Airlines, a flight search website, have announced a partnership with the company Gordian Software to implement a seat selection feature on their flight-booking website. Gordian Software is a piece of software which will be actioned onto 32 airline pages on the Alternative Airlines website to allow it’s customers to choose their seats on the plane prior to departure.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Partners with Checkout.com Alternative Airlines, a flight search website that specialises in remote destinations, is partnering with Checkout.
Read more...Alternative Airlines Partner with Travel Audience Travel Advertising Platform The flight search website, Alternative Airlines, has signed a partnership with travel advertising platform, travel audience (www.travelaudience.
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How Alternative Airlines saved over £75K in 9 months with TransferWise In just the first 9 months, TransferWise has enabled Alternative Airlines to convert USD revenue to GBP to save £75K. Recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 tech companies, online flight search and booking company Alternative Airlines' revenue has grown from £3 million to over £19 million in just three years.
Read more...Alternative Airlines announced as one of the fastest growing tech companies in the UK Alternative Airlines has been named in The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100, a prestigious list of the fastest growing technology companies in Britain. Published by British newspaper The Sunday Times, the Tech Track 100 ranks Britain’s top 100 private tech, digital media and telecoms companies with the fastest-growing sales over the last three years.
Read more...The idea: In a bar in Russia, two friends from the Charter Broking industry were having a chat about small airlines that fly to lesser-known regions. A few drinks in, they came to the realisation that no one was offering these airlines as alternative flight options online!
Alternative Airlines was born: Once back in the UK, the two friends set out to build a fast, easy and convenient online booking platform with a goal to offer every single airline in the world. They would name it ‘Alternative Airlines’.
The AA team: By combining a team of fantastic minds, Alternative Airlines continued to develop its flight booking platform and offer excellent customer service.
Caffè latte for everyone: Alternative Airlines welcomed its very first coffee machine to the office — essential to fuel all the hard work that the team was putting in!
100 airlines: Alternative Airlines celebrated the milestone of 100 airlines available on its website! But, even with airlines covering all parts of the world, there was still plenty more to do…
PayPal: With the introduction of PayPal on the website, customers were given a simple, safe and secure way to pay for their flights.
Nando’s Friday: Alternative Airlines began the tradition of ordering in an office lunch from their favourite flame-grilled peri-peri styled chicken restaurant on the last Friday of every month.
More payment methods: An influx of international payment methods was added to the website, including mobile payments and financing options.
More currencies too!: By giving the choice to view flight prices and pay in nearly every currency in the world, Alternative Airlines took a huge step in expanding its global reach.
A new platform with 500 airlines: Alternative Airlines launched its new and improved website, with a personalised booking experience and 500 airlines on offer.
A bigger office: After doubling the team in the space of a year, Alternative Airlines had no choice but to move into a bigger, shinier and more stylish office — right at the end of the runway at Gatwick Airport!
Infinite possibilities: Today, Alternative Airlines offers a full ticketing service on over 650 airlines, with a choice of more than 25 different international payment methods and 160 currencies to pay in.
Alternative Airlines is a flight search website that offers a fast, easy and convenient way to book flights to remote destinations as well as well-known locations. Alternative Airlines specialises in providing travellers with a wider choice of flights by working with more than 600 airlines including the smaller, regional ones across the world, especially in South America, Africa and South-East Asia. Alternative Airlines' global audience can enjoy over 20 international payment methods making it fast, easy and convenient to book flights.
