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Alternative Airlines has achieved its best ever financial year in 2021 — generating £28m (GBP) in revenue. That’s an increase of 197% compared to 2020, when Alternative Airlines generated £9.4m in revenue. But of even more significance is that, despite the travel industry not having fully recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, Alternative Airlines’ 2021 revenue far exceeds the £18.9m revenue that the site generated in pre-pandemic 2019, with an increase of 68%.
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.
Alternative Airlines, the global flight search and booking site, has joined the UATP network as a new travel merchant. Alternative Airlines can now make direct settlements across UATP’s worldwide network of airline and travel merchant partners.
With international travel restrictions constantly changing, Alternative Airlines has launched a new Coronavirus Travel Restrictions Hub and will be adding a number of new features to the site soon in its ongoing initiative to help build travellers' confidence and keep them up-to-date with vital coronavirus travel information.
Alternative Airlines, the global flight search and booking site, now offers self-service cancellation — enabling customers to quickly and easily cancel their flights online through alternativeairlines.com.
STATEMENT: Removal of Russian airlines from sale on Alternative Airlines Website
Through Alternative Airlines, our customers can search and see flight prices in 70+ cryptocurrencies, as well as their fiat exchange rates, then pay using the crypto coin of their choice.
Combining innovative flight and crypto technology, we offer our customers a wide range of over 600+ airlines, routes and options to enhance their travel experience (including in-flight upgrade options and insurance products) with the ability to pay using their preferred coin.
Amadeus has spoken to Sam Argyle, the Managing Director at Alternative Airlines, to discuss the advantages of Amadeus’ Virtual Interlining (VI) technology. The case study explores the new airline content options that Alternative Airlines is able to offer thanks to VI, as well as the value of the partnership and more.