ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited), a leading online travel aggregator in India, has announced the expansion of its exclusive partnership with PhonePe, India’s foremost fintech platform.
This collaboration will now include flight and bus bookings in addition to the existing train booking services.
ixigo will exclusively power these travel booking options on PhonePe, integrating services from ixigo Flights for flight bookings, AbhiBus for bus bookings as well as expanding its prior partnership with ConfirmTkt for train bookings.
With this partnership, more than 54 crore PhonePe users will have access to a wider range of travel booking options.
Users will benefit from seamless payment processes, along with attractive discounts and offers on flight, train, and bus bookings.
Additionally, advanced features like ixigo Assured (Free Cancellation), ixigo Assured Flex, and Abhi Assured will be available, allowing users to book fully flexible and freely reschedulable tickets and receive instant refunds upon cancellation.
Aloke Bajpai, Group CEO, and Rajnish Kumar, Group Co-CEO of ixigo, expressed their excitement about the partnership, stating, “We are thrilled to partner with PhonePe to bring our travel booking services to their extensive user base. This collaboration will particularly benefit travelers from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, leveraging ixigo’s products and offerings for the next billion users and PhonePe’s growing penetration in smaller towns and its fintech expertise. Together, we aim to make travel bookings more accessible, affordable, and convenient for millions of Indians.”
Sameer Nigam, Founder & CEO of PhonePe, commented, “We are excited to partner with the ixigo Group for flight, train, and bus booking options on PhonePe. With rising disposable incomes and growing aspirations of Indian travelers, we are seeing rapid adoption of our travel offerings. The ixigo, ConfirmTkt, and AbhiBus apps offer great customer experience, ideal for catering to the fast-evolving travel needs of Indians.”
About ixigo
Launched in 2007 by Aloke Bajpai and Rajnish Kumar, ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Limited) is a technology company dedicated to empowering Indian travelers to plan, book, and manage their trips across various modes of transport and accommodation.
ixigo leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science-led innovations to help travelers make smarter travel decisions.
The ixigo, ConfirmTkt, and AbhiBus apps enable users to book train tickets, flight tickets, bus tickets, hotels, and cabs, offering travel utility tools and services based on proprietary algorithms and crowd-sourced information.
In Fiscal 2023, ixigo reported over 42.9 crore Annual Active Users, solidifying its position as the leading online travel aggregator for the next billion users in India.
About PhonePe Group
Founded in August 2016, PhonePe is India’s leading fintech company.
PhonePe’s flagship product, the PhonePe digital payments app has quickly scaled to become the top consumer payments app in India, boasting over 54 crore registered users and a digital payments acceptance network spanning over 3.9 crore merchants.
PhonePe processes more than 26 crore daily transactions, with an annualized Total Payment Value (TPV) exceeding USD 1.5 Trillion.
Expanding beyond digital payments, PhonePe has ventured into financial services, including insurance, lending, and wealth management, as well as new consumer tech businesses like Pincode (hyperlocal e-commerce) and Indus App Store (India’s first localized App Store).
