Airlines Refund the Fare, Not the Loss
September 4, 2026
A “full refund” is a nominal claim. In currencies under pressure, it is not necessarily an economic one. TDN looks at a payments gap the industry doesn’t have a shared
Why MENA’s Airline Payment Crisis Runs Deeper Than Revenue Loss
August 28, 2026
The February 2026 strikes on Gulf airports created an immediate operational crisis. Hubs closed. Aircraft were grounded. Thousands of flights were cancelled. Six months later, the deeper problem is still
Etihad’s Jaywan Move Is a Distribution Story, Not a Payments Story
August 22, 2026
Etihad Airways announced on 19 August 2026 that it has become the first airline to accept Jaywan, the UAE’s national domestic card scheme, as a payment method on etihad.com. UAE
UATP and dLocal Are Back Together. This Time, the Infrastructure Is Ready
August 19, 2026
UATP has named dLocal as the newest payment processing partner for its UATP One merchant services platform, aimed at expanding local currency payment acceptance for airline merchants in emerging markets.
Africa’s Airline Payment Story Is Actually Two Stories: Acceptance & Repatriation
August 13, 2026
Every few weeks, another announcement lands in the same bucket. A fintech joins a payment network. A card scheme signs a co-branded deal. Each is covered, reasonably, as evidence that
IATA Says Payment Is Now a Strategic Function. African Airlines Are Still Treating It as a Back-Office Problem.
August 5, 2026
The association’s new Airline Payment Framework puts numbers to something the industry has known for years. Whether African carriers act on it is a different question entirely. IATA published a
(Sponsored) Nigerian Travellers Aren’t Choosing Your Competitor. They’re Choosing a Better Checkout
August 4, 2026
By Yvonne-Faith Elaigwu, Head, Customer Operations, OnePipe Inc International airlines have spent decades perfecting the customer experience, from online booking and dynamic pricing to loyalty programmes and ancillary services. Yet
Three GDS, Three Payment Strategies: Why Travelport Won’t Own the Money It Moves
July 31, 2026
On Sabre’s Q1 2026 earnings call, CEO Kurt Ekert described the company’s ambition in the payments space plainly. Sabre, he said, is focused on acting mainly as an orchestration layer
Emirates Joins Crypto.com, Making Crypto Payment Bankable
July 29, 2026
Emirates has officially launched Crypto.com Pay, allowing eligible UAE residents to pay for bookings on emirates.com and the Emirates app using the platform’s digital wallet, with transactions priced and settled
Riyadh Air Builds the Payments Layer to Match Its Distribution Infrastructure
July 24, 2026
Riyadh Air’s latest product launch is less a loyalty story than an architecture story. RX Pay, unveiled this week, is a suite of Mastercard-branded cards issued through leading Saudi banks