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Thriving online flight search and booking platform Alternative Airlines has announced its 2022 financial results. The company has seen revenue skyrocket post-pandemic, generating £59m in 2022. This marks 2022 as Alternative Airlines’ best ever financial year and represents a +527% increase in just 2 years from £9.4m in 2020 and £28m in 2021. Bookings have also tripled in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic 2019, thanks to the site's international growth and relentless focus on enhancing the end-to-end booking experience for customers.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES 2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS SEES REVENUE SKYROCKET POST PANDEMIC

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 FINISHES ON ITS BEST EVER FINANCIAL YEAR IN 2021

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 NAMED AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING TECH COMPANIES IN THE UK

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Global flight search and booking site Alternative Airlines, and the country’s top-rated consumer finance app, BillEase announced a partnership to enable Filipino travelers to book flights from 600+ global airlines and pay later without a credit card. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH BILLEASE

Alternative Airlines, a global flight booking platform and travel technology innovator, has yet another partnership to announce. Alternative Airlines has partnered with travel technology company, Atlas, to increase its already impressive breadth of airlines and flight choices on its platform.

Alternative Airlines, a global flight search and booking site, now offers flexible payment options to travellers in the Philippines thanks to its new partnership with TendoPay, a ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment provider.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH TENDOPAY

Global flight booking platform Alternative Airlines has extended its long-standing partnership with travel technology provider Amadeus to join NDC [X], an industry-leading program dedicated to the industrialization of NDC. 

Alternative Airlines has announced its new partnership with payments provider Clearpay, to offer increased flexibility and choice to UK-based customers. Joining thousands of merchants already partnered with Clearpay, Alternative Airlines is the first in the UK to offer Clearpay for flights. 

CLEARPAY FOR FLIGHTS HAS TAKEN OFF THANKS TO NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES

Alternative Airlines’ global customer base can search and book flights with 600+ airlines, and now easily offset the carbon emissions of their air travel via high-impact offset projects from around the world. Powered by climate-tech company CHOOOSE, this is the first phase of a multi-step initiative that reflects Alternative Airlines’ dedication to bringing more sustainable flight options to customers. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH CHOOOSE TO BRING HIGH IMPACT CARBON COMPENSATION OPTIONS TO CUSTOMERS

Alternative Airlines and Postpay have partnered up to bring flexible payments to travellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. Customers can search and book flights with any of the 600+ airlines that Alternative Airlines tickets and spread the cost with Postpay’s interest-free pay in 3 instalment option. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH POSTPAY

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. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH UATP THE LEADING GLOBAL PAYMENT NETWORK FOR TRAVEL

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 LAUNCHES NEW FEATURES TO BRING VITAL INFORMATION ON CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

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. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES LAUNCHES SELF SERVICE FLIGHT CANCELLATION

2021 FINANCIAL RESULTS SEES ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES FINISH ON ITS BEST EVER FINANCIAL YEAR 

Alternative Airlines, the global flight search and booking site, is bringing flexible payment options to travellers in the United Arab Emirates thanks to the site’s new partnership with Spotii — a Zip company and market-leading ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) payment provider in the Middle East.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES ADDS ANOTHER MARKET AND BUY NOW PAY LATER OPTION FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UAE WITH DUBAI BASED SPOTII

Alternative Airlines Partners with Afterpay to Bring Flexible Spending to Travellers 09/09/21 — Alternative Airlines is on a mission to bring greater ease and flexibility to travellers booking flights. Thanks to a new partnership with Afterpay — the global leader in ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) payments — the online flight search and booking site has taken a massive step forward in that mission.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH AFTERPAY

New Flights and Airline Combinations: Alternative Airlines Launches the First Phase of Its Virtual Interlining Roadmap 07/09/21 — Alternative Airlines, the global flight search and booking site, has launched the first phase of its Virtual Interlining roadmap — making it even easier for customers to book flight connections and transfers with multiple carriers on a single itinerary. It’s the latest step in Alternative Airlines’ mission to provide a complete flight booking solution for any traveller wanting to easily and conveniently book their flights online, no matter how complex their itinerary.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES LAUNCHES VIRTUAL INTERLINING

Alternative Airlines celebrates remarkable 6 month growth and generates £14.7M in revenue, as US domestic and short-haul flight bookings skyrocket The company's success over the past 6 months is a testament to the hard work and innovation of the team, who have adapted to the challenges presented by COVID-19.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES CELEBRATES REMARKABLE 6 MONTH GROWTH

Alternative Airlines now accepts Klarna’s flexible payment options in the U.S. and Australia U.S. and Australian residents can now search and book flights through Alternative Airlines and select Klarna at checkout — the smoothest way to book flights today and pay back over time.

KLARNA NOW AVAILABLE IN THE US AND AUSTRALIA

U.K. travellers can now split the cost of flights into four interest free payments thanks to Alternative Airlines and Zip partnership U.K. travellers can now split their airfare into 4 instalments over 6 weeks, completely interest-free, by selecting Zip at checkout when booking flights through Alternative Airlines.

Alternative Airlines appoints Tobias Lenz as new Product Lead Tobias Lenz joins Alternative Airlines as the company’s new Product Lead. He’ll play a pivotal role in the continued development of Alternative Airlines’ flight search and booking platform.

TOBIAS LENZ JOINS ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES APPOINTS AS NEW PRODUCT LEAD

Alternative Airlines adapts to COVID-19 challenges & continues to move forward as it posts revenue of £9.4m in 2020 In a year full of challenges, Alternative Airlines’ global audience and focus on domestic air travel is among the reasons for its successes.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES 2020 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Alternative Airlines adds airline COVID-19 cleaning & safety measures to its online booking process to reinforce customer confidence When customers search for flights through Alternative Airlines’ website, the cleaning and safety practices of each airline are now clearly displayed in the flight results — all thanks to data available through ATPCO’s new product, Structured UPAs.

AIRLINE CLEANING AND SAFETY MEASURES NOW DISPLAYED IN SEARCH RESULTS

Alternative Airlines travelers can now use Affirm to pay for flights in four interest-free payments London, 18th December, 2020 Alternative Airlines has announced Affirm’s new interest-free biweekly payment option is now available for qualified travelers, enabling them to pay for flights under $350 in four, equal payments paid every other week.

PAY IN 4 WITH AFFIRM WHEN BOOKING FLIGHTS THROUGH ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES

Alternative Airlines and Duffel — success of the partnership signals new direction for the airline industry under challenging conditions London, 23rd October, 2020 Alternative Airlines, the flight booking platform and online travel agent, has announced figures that validate the success of its innovative partnership with Duffel - the fast-growing software platform that enables anyone to sell flight products - a sign of the growing significance of New Distribution Capability (NDC) technology to the airline sector as it weathers the difficulties of the Covid pandemic.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES AND DUFFEL CONTINUED SUCCESS

‘Buy now, pay later: Four easy installments, 0 percent interest’ — U.S. travel becomes more affordable than ever as Alternative Airlines partners with QuadPay American travelers can now split the cost of their flights into four interest-free payments when they book through Alternative Airlines, thanks to the site's new partnership with QuadPay.

FLIGHTS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER AS ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH QUADPAY

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES RAISES £1500 FOR NHS

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.

CASE STUDY: ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES OFFERS REFUND PROTECT THROUGH PROTECT GROUP

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.

AMANDA KOTENKO TO HEAD ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES’ NEW DIVISION: ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES FOR BUSINESS

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES ANNOUNCES 2019 FINANCIAL RESULTS

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH DUFFEL

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH RESOLVE TO LET COMPANIES BOOK FLIGHTS NOW PAY LATER

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.

PASSENGERS CAN NOW PRE-BOOK THEIR AIRPORT LOUNGE PASSES THROUGH ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES ANNOUNCE THEIR NEW GLOBAL AIRLINES RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

Alternative Airlines partners with Paysafe Alternative Airlines 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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH PAYSAFE

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES ENTERS TOP 100 FASTEST GROWING TECH COMPANIES FOLLOWING 248% GROWTH

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!

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES REVEALS IN FLIGHT PET PEEVES SURVEY RESULTS

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH BRAINTREE TO OFFER SEAMLESS CHECKOUT EXPERIENCE

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES NOW OFFER WHATSAPP FOR GLOBAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES LAUNCHES TRAVEL AGENTS HUB

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES GROWS RAPIDLY DRIVEN BY ITS INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES AND KLARNA ENABLE FLEXIBLE PAYMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR TRAVELLERS ACROSS EUROPE

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES TO OFFER 0% APR FINANCE ON FLIGHT TICKETS FOR U.S CUSTOMERS WITH AFFIRM

 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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES NOW ACCEPTS AMAZON PAY AS NEW PAYMENT OPTION

Alternative Airlines Expands Payment Options For U.S. Travelers with Affirm Alternative Airlines, the UK-based flight search website, announced today a partnership with Affirm, the San Francisco-based company founded by entrepreneur Max Levchin to provide fair and honest alternatives to traditional credit.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES EXPANDS PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR U.S. TRAVELLERS WITH AFFIRM PARTNERSHIP

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES ACTIONS GORDIAN SOFTWARE SEAT SELECTION FOR 32 AIRLINES

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Flight search and booking website Alternative Airlines has been officially certified as a ‘Great Place To Work’ 2022-2023, after 97% of the company’s employees agreed that Alternative Airlines is a great company to work for. This certification has been awarded by greatplacetowork.com, which Alternative Airlines worked with to conduct an independent employee survey. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES IS OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

High-growth flight search and booking platform Alternative Airlines – which has its UK office close to Gatwick Airport, Horley – has launched an exciting and generous new employee benefits package, including flight credits up to £1,000, wellness days and sabbaticals. 

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES LAUNCHES NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PACKAGE

To explore the possibilities and future of New Distribution Capability (NDC) in the travel industry, Duffel has interviewed Sam Argyle, Managing Director at Alternative Airlines. Sam discusses the advantages of bringing more airline choice, richer content and more ancillary options to customers through NDC, as well as the growth that he expects from NDC content in the future. 

DUFFEL INTERVIEWS ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES MANAGING DIRECTOR

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.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES IS LEADING THE WAY IN FLIGHT BOOKINGS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY

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.

VIRTUAL INTERLINING CASE STUDY WITH AMADEUS

Klarna shines the light on Alternative Airlines in its latest merchant Case Study Roll back the clock a few years and travel was becoming ever more spontaneous and adventurous, with a surge in the number of people wanting to explore exotic locations while increasingly booking their trips last-minute. As a result, Alternative Airlines was faced with the challenge of looking for new ways to help customers better manage their spending, so that they could enjoy their travel experiences to the full.

Alternative Airlines is Celebrating its 1st Year Anniversary with Utrust Alternative Airlines, a global-flight search and booking site, has been on an incredible journey with Utrust — a crypto payments provider at the forefront of a digital payments revolution. Back in 2019, Alternative Airlines saw an opportunity to serve the crypto universe, which has a staggering 100 million users, by letting travellers book flights and checkout using the cryptocurrency of their choice.

ALTERNATIVE AIRLINES AND UTRUST CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY

Discover Alternative Airlines' Top Latest Integrations. What sets Alternative Airlines apart is that, at our core, we are a travel tech innovator, with an in-house tech team of designers and developers focused on driving our flight search and booking site forward in our mission to better serve the customer. In recognition of this, Alternative Airlines was even awarded a place on the 2019 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 list of fastest growing tech companies in the U.

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