BNPL provider for the travel industry Fly Now Pay Later, has announced a partnership with UK-based Eastern Airways that will allow customers of the airline to spread the cost of their travel expenditure over monthly instalments.
When planning their next trip, users of the service will no longer be required to pay in full at the time of booking but can spread out the cost of the trip via an online widget on the Eastern Airways website and payment system.
Jasper Dykes, founder and CEO at Fly Now Pay Later said, “As a dedicated team of travellers, we welcome any opportunity to make paying for travel simpler and fairer. We’re especially pleased to announce the partnership with Eastern Airways – making it easier for passengers to travel around Britain.”
With global travel climbing back towards pre-pandemic levels the last twelve months has seen increased interest in buy now, pay later for travel services from popular providers such as Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna and Uplift. Eastern Airways, which operates flights to and from the UK and Ireland, is the first UK airline to introduce this initiative.
Roger Hage, Commercial Director at Eastern Airways, added, “We see working with Fly Now Pay Later as a fantastic addition to the payment flexibility offered by Eastern Airways via our website http://www.easternairways.com.
“Customers can select their flights, add additional services before going through a quick and easy loan acceptance process allowing a spread of the cost over different payment lengths, including an interest free option. Eastern Airways are happy to bring this initiative to the airline industry, a first for a UK airline.”
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