Volaris El Salvador will sell tickets for BTC – Bits Media

President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele said, that local airline Volaris El Salvador will accept payment for tickets in Bitcoin.

As a result of the massive adoption of Bitcoin in El Salvador, Volaris El Salvador, subsidiary of the Mexican government Volaris Airlines, will start accepting bitcoins as payment.

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President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele announced on his Twitter (Here's to watching) a month after that, how El Salvador authorities gave the local Volaris subsidiary permission to operate in the country. At a recent Volaris event, President Bukele emphasized, what if residents pay with bitcoins and use the Chivo wallet, this will allow the government to increase the number of flights.

"We have a Salvadoran airline, with inexpensive tickets, #Bitcoin host", — Bukele wrote.

Bukele's government is encouraging citizens to use Bitcoin for payments and has offered Chivo wallet users a discount on fuel payments. The country has already reinvested unrealized profits in Bitcoin worth $4 million to finance infrastructure projects.

Early November, Maiquetia International Airport named after Simon Bolivar in Venezuela also began accepting DASH and BTC cryptocurrencies, as well as the state cryptocurrency Petro to pay for air tickets. As it turned out, There are other airports in the country, who are ready to accept cryptocurrencies.