Qatar Airways is extending its partnership with international bank card network UnionPay to an additional 31 countries and regions.

The extended partnership will provide a convenient payment option for even more Qatar Airways passengers around the world when booking tickets on the airline’s website.

Customers in countries like Qatar, Kuwait, India, Oman, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, South Africa and others will be able to pay with UnionPay’s when buying tickets on qatarairways.com.

Under the expanded agreement, Qatar Airways and UnionPay will embark upon greater collaboration for various sales and marketing initiatives.

Both parties will also look at creating a new and exclusive co-branded card that will provide UnionPay customers exclusive benefits on selected products by Qatar Airways.

With about 90 million cards issued outside mainland China, UnionPay is offering payment convenience to a growing number of global customers.

Now, UnionPay is accepted at more than 10 million online merchants based in more than 200 countries and regions outside mainland China.

With a modern fleet of more than 200 aircraft, Qatar Airways flies to over 150 business and leisure destinations across six continents.