Dubai’s Emirates Airline Explores Cryptocurrency Payments With Crypto.com Partnership
Dubai-based Emirates Airline unveiled plans to introduce cryptocurrency payments for its customers as part of a preliminary deal with digital asset exchange Crypto.com, the companies said Wednesday.
The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore integrating Crypto.com Pay into Emirates’ payment systems, with plans to roll out the feature sometime next year. If completed, it would make Emirates one of the first major global carriers to support crypto as a payment option.
Emirates Deputy President and CCO Adnan Kazim said the move is part of a broader strategy to “meet evolving customer preferences” and “tapping into younger, tech-savvy customer segments who prefer digital currencies” for payments.
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