Bangkok--23 Feb--Peach Aviation
? Payments to be accepted starting today, February 22
? Settlements by both Chinese yuan and Japanese yen will be possible
? Peach will be the first Japanese airline to accept payments by yen through Alipay
Peach Aviation Limited ("Peach"; Representative Director and CEO: Shinichi
Inoue) announced that starting today, it will begin accepting payments by Alipay and UnionPay cards at thePeach booking site.
Alipay is China's leading third-party payment platform currently used by approximately 450million people, chiefly in China, and UnionPay cards are also one of the top in-demand creditcards in China. The introduction of settlement by these cards at the Peach reservation site issure to make sky travel to Japan on Peach more and more familiar for customers in China andneighboring regions.
While payment at the Peach booking site had only been possible through the use of various other
credit cards (VISA, Mastercard, JCB, and Diners Club), payments at convenience stores, or byusing Peach points, the opening of Peach's Shanghai route in November 2016 has produced abackdrop of an increasing number of customers who fly to Japan from China. As part of its effortsto make air travel from China more convenient for visitors, Peach has decided to introduce themainstream payment methods which are used locally in China.
In addition, when Alipay is used at the Peach booking site, settlements are also possible in Japaneseyen besides the Chinese yuan.
Peach will be the first Japanese airline company to accept settlements by Japanese yen
through Alipay, raising expectations for boosted demand for connections within Japan forcustomers with a focus on people from China.
Peach will continue to deliver the appeals of happy, carefree sky travel as it aims to become a
bridge between Japan and Asia.
[Start date:] February 22, 2017
[Payments to be accepted through:] UnionPay cards and Alipay
[Website:] Peach reservation site; all languages (PC, smartphone)*1
[Accepted currency:] Japanese yen, Chinese yuan
*1 Not available on the booking site for mobile phones (flip phones)