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Amazon Confirms Flight-Booking Launch as Part of a Superapp Strategy

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767, photographed on August 8, 2016, from Wolfe Air Learjet 25B. Amazon launched a domestic flight service in India. Amazon / Chad Slattery

Skift Take

Amazon wants to be a superapp, the mobile tool of choice to book flights, buy books, and make payments. In travel, flights are only the beginning.

Days after Skift broke the news story that Amazon had launched domestic flights in India, Amazon India confirmed the launch and touted how customers can now book flights, make utility payments, transfer money, and shop for other products "all in one single app." “Customers are already using Amazon beyond shopping," said Shariq Plasticwala, director of Amazon Pay, in a prepared statement Saturday. "Over the past year, customers have rapidly adopted our payments services such as mobile recharges, utility payments, and money transfers. They love the convenience we offer of shopping and paying â€

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