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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
Local airlines are keeping up with the digital currency trend in the hopes of spurring more demand next year. Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, president of Bangkok Airways, said the airline previously planned to accept crypto transactions from Jan 1, 2022 by partnering with Bitkub Capital Group Holdings to enhance competitiveness through ticket sales. However, the back-end system has to be stabilised to support such transactions and Bangkok Airways has yet to choose the type of cryptocurrencies, meaning the launch date has been delayed to later in January, he said. The airline has a 40% load facto…