Singapore Airlines partners with Paypal

Singapore Airlines customers in the US, Singapore Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Australia can now pay for their flights with PayPal on Singaporeair.com. Paypal will progressively be made available to more Singapore Airlines customers in up to 17 countries, making this the largest collaboration between PayPal and an Asian carrier to date. As a Singaporean, it’s pretty fascinating to learn about this.

After booking your Singapore Airlines flights online, you can now pay for tickets using their PayPal account in as few as three clicks.

A year-long global marketing campaign will be launched to celebrate the collaboration between Singapore Airlines and PayPal. The upcoming marketing promotion allows travelers in the initial launch markets who pay for their Singapore Airlines flight with PayPal the chance to win back the price of their flight (up to S$2,000). One lucky winner will be selected daily from 7 March to 6 April 2011.

“In our continuous search for more payment options for our customers, we are very happy to be able to add PayPal to our offerings. With PayPal, our customers will be able to benefit from another secure payment option and enjoy a hassle-free express checkout experience,” said Mr Tan Chik Quee, Singapore Airlines’ Senior Vice-President Marketing.

“Matching the global nature of our business, PayPal’s online payment platform with over 94 million active users in 190 markets and 24 currencies will enable us to reach out to more travellers on all six continents in our network,” he added.

If Singapore Airlines were to continue adding more payment options, sooner or later, Facebook could be part its payment channel.

“We’re so excited to add Singapore Airlines, one of the most admired carriers in the world, to our growing stable of airlines in the region that are leveraging on our global e-commerce platform to expand their reach to travellers worldwide,” said Mr Farhad Irani, Vice-President and General Manager of PayPal Asia Pacific.

“Our two global companies share the same goal for faster and safer ways to pay for tickets online, thus our collaboration is another manifestation of delivering choice, convenience and value to consumers across Asia Pacific and the world,” he added.