UnionPay Partners with Spring Airlines to Enhance Payment Experience

UnionPay International (UPI) collaborates with Spring Airlines, enabling UnionPay card acceptance on the airline’s website for travelers from Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong.

Launched ahead of the Spring Festival travel rush, the partnership covers various currencies and benefits UPI’s 230 million cardholders in 81 countries.

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Spring Airlines, China’s first privately-funded low-cost carrier, aims to enhance payment options for domestic and international travelers, leveraging the growing interest in China’s inbound and outbound tourism.

UnionPay – Spring Airlines

The collaboration highlights UPI’s position as a leading payment choice for global travelers and its commitment to convenient and secure transactions.

By the end of 2022, Spring Airlines had 116 Airbus A320 series aircraft, with destinations covering major business and tourism cities in China, Southeast and Northeast Asia. It operates more than 210 routes and transports 20 million passengers annually.

Mr. Jia Li, General Manager of Financial Payment for Spring Airlines, says the current implementation of the visa exemption policy between China with Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand is favorable for the development of China’s inbound and outbound tourism industry.