About 80% of air ticketing volume comes directly from individual consumers. Corporations and businesses account for the rest 20% of HappyEasyGo’s air ticketing volume.
With the additional funding, Klook will scale its operations into new geographies and continue to expand in its existing Asian markets.
By offering throwaway and hidden-city tickets, Kiwi.com said it might be able to prod airlines into changing their pricing schemes, making them more transparent.
The figure was up 10.9% on the year and boosted tourism revenue generated during the festival by 13.7% to $7.1 billion.
Zhuiyi Technology will use the funding for developing AI technology and products, recruitment, ecosystem building and overseas expansion.
It had signed contracts for direct connection with Airbnb, Ctrip-backed Tujia and Meituan-owned Zhenguo.
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates grow fastest in flight bookings among countries offering visa-on-arrival or visa free travel for Chinese visitors.
Real-time aircraft tracking is a complex task. But the aviation industry needs to make progress as by 2021, airlines will be required to autonomously report an aircraft’s position at least once every minute when in a “distress condition”.