Uber has announced that it will start offering the flight booking feature in the UK. It plans to further expand its services beyond cars and motorcycles, so it is testing market options. The initiative is the result of a partnership between the brand and the Canadian travel agency Hopper. It will start in the month of June, summer in the European region.
With the new feature, users will be able to book both domestic and international trips directly through the Uber app. You only need to add dates, locations, flight types and times. In addition, other features will be offered, such as price freeze, flight interruption guarantee and cancellation for any reason.
According to the post on Hopper’s websitethis is another step in Uber’s goal to “bolster its ambition to create a seamless door-to-door travel solution.”
It is worth remembering that the company was already testing the novelty with a few users in the United Kingdom, but that it will now allow access to the entire population. It is also important to point out that the region is the main point of experimentation for the travel company. It is possible to book train, boat and bus tickets, for example.
According to The Financial TimesUber will receive a small commission from each airfare sale, but may consider adding a fee in the future.
Functionality can reach other countries, including Brazil
Even with the initiative still far from Brazil, we cannot forget that the brand already makes partnerships with other institutions in our country.
In April 2023, Uber created new pick-up and drop-off points together with CPTM to make travel easier for people from São Paulo. In addition, the travel app created a guide for the user to find a driver at São Paulo airports.
In this way, as the company’s objective is to expand its business and create a “super app”, as said by Andrew Brem, General Director of Uber in the United Kingdom, for the The Financial Timesit wouldn’t surprise me if flight bookings arrive in Brazil in the not-so-distant future.
On the other hand, even though the company has been quite emphatic in its intentions to expand the news outside the United Kingdom, it said that there are still no concrete plans to start the action.
With information: The Verge.
