Subsidiary of Mexican airline Volaris accepts Bitcoin payments
El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption agenda continues apace, this time extending to a local airline. As a result of El Salvador’s mainstream Bitcoin (BTC) adoption, Volaris El Salvador, a local subsidiary of budget Mexican airline Volaris, will accept Bitcoin as payment.The Bitcoin move comes a month after Salvadoran aviation authorities gave Volaris's local subsidiary permission to operate in the country.Salvadoran President Niyab Bukele took to Twitter to announce that the airline would accept Bitcoin.Ya tenemos aerolínea salvadoreña, de bajo costo y que acepta #Bitcoin @viajaVolaris....
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