Emirates Eyes Bitcoin, XRP, Solana, and Ethereum Ticket Payments with Crypto.com Integration

• Emirates airline plans to integrate Crypto.com Pay, enabling customers to use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to purchase tickets.
• Dubai continues to grow in its vision of becoming the leading city in crypto innovation.

Emirates Airlines is taking digital assets more seriously as the airline is exploring integration with Crypto.com to use cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, and Solana (SOL) for ticket payments.

Emirates Signs MoU Agreement With Crypto.com

According to a press release. Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Crypto.com. This agreement would allow Emirates to integrate Crypto.com Pay within its payment systems. While doing this, Emirates aims to maintain the highest security and compliance standards. 

The integration is expected to take effect in 2026. Once the deal is finalized, Emirates customers can begin using crypto to pay for their flight tickets. 

Through the partnership with Crypto.com, Emirates plans to meet the evolving customer preferences. Younger, tech-savvy customer segments prefer to use digital currencies to make payments. Thus, the integration with Crypto.com will provide tech-savvy customers greater flexibility and choice in how they transact with Emirates.

Emirates and Crypto.com plan to utilize promotional marketing campaigns to promote the adoption of this new payment solution.

The partnership between Emirates and Crypto.com highlights the expanding role of crypto in traditional finance systems. It also offers genuine innovative finance solutions for Crypto.com customers.

Crypto.com is becoming more attractive to users and merchants due to its global reach and accessibility. The exchange platform supports over 350 cryptocurrencies, including major ones like Bitcoin and Ethereum. This extensive selection allows users to pay with their preferred digital assets and merchants.

In a previous article, we discussed that Crypto.com added institutional support to the TON blockchain via its Custody service. Through this collaboration, institutional users can stake TON tokens without having to move their assets from storage.

Dubai Takes Crypto Adoption Seriously

The partnership between Crypto.com and Emirates aligns with Dubai’s vision to be at the forefront of financial innovation. Dubai positions itself as a global cryptocurrency hub, supported by a robust ecosystem and a comprehensive regulatory framework.

Some Dubai companies are already accepting crypto as payments from major telecoms to real estate developers. 

Big banks in the city are also showing interest in crypto adoption. Emirates NBD, a leading bank in Dubai, has recently partnered with Aquanow to offer cryptocurrency services to its customers.

Additionally, the Dubai government has partnered with Crypto.com to enable public service payments using cryptocurrency, as noted in our earlier post. Payments via Crypto.com will be directly converted into dirhams and sent to the Dubai Department of Finance (DOF) account.

Across the real estate sector, the Dubai government issued digital assets directly on the XRPL (XRP Ledger) blockchain via a local issuer. The deployment enables secure, on-chain ownership of government-issued assets and has reduced transaction fees by 50%.