Corendon Airlines partners with Gr4vy to enhance payment flexibility and efficiency

Gr4vy enables global airline to scale faster with multi-PSP orchestration, local payments, and operational redundancy

San Mateo, April 29, 2025: Gr4vy, (Pron. Gravy), the cloud-based payment orchestration platform, today announced that Corendon Airlines, which serves approximately 6 million passengers annually, has selected its platform to overhaul the airline’s payment infrastructure. The integration enhances customer convenience and security, offering flexible, efficient, and user-friendly payment solutions tailored to modern travel demands.

With a diverse customer base across multiple countries, currencies, and payment preferences, Corendon Airlines needed a partner that could manage growing complexity without increasing internal overhead. As the airline expanded, it looked to move beyond a single PSP model to support local payment methods, reduce risk, and simplify operations. Gr4vy offers the flexibility to make those changes through a single integration.

“Airlines are dealing with constant change in how people pay and what they expect at checkout,” said John Lunn, Founder and CEO of Gr4vy. “They need flexibility, speed, and fewer internal bottlenecks. We give them a way to manage all of that through one platform. For airlines specifically, we also support addendum data, so they can include booking details like passenger info and flight segments when processing payments—an essential part of travel transactions.”

Corendon Airlines selected Gr4vy to support a multi-PSP strategy that includes connections to several providers in the travel payments space. This reduces risk by ensuring payments can continue even if one PSP experiences downtime. It also gives Corendon Airlines more control over how payments are routed and enables the airline to scale transaction volume during peak seasons without adding operational strain.

One of Corendon’s key requirements was the ability to support both localized payment methods and more complex checkout flows. Gr4vy’s platform shortens time to market by allowing the airline to quickly roll out multiple payment options tailored to different markets quickly—essential in the travel sector. Just as importantly, Gr4vy supports the ability to split checkout items into separate transactions, enabling Corendon Airlines to handle purchases that combine flights with third-party services like insurance, hotel bookings, or car rentals. It gives the airline more flexibility in structuring payments while opening up new opportunities to grow ancillary revenue.

“When we moved to payment orchestration, our priority was flexibility—being able to work with multiple PSPs without the overhead of building and maintaining separate integrations,” said Erkan Erbay, CFO at Corendon Airlines. “Gr4vy stood out as a reliable partner with strong connectivity and a clear understanding of our needs. Their platform gives us the foundation to scale and adapt our payment strategy as we grow.”

In parallel, Gr4vy’s centralized integration model reduces the engineering burden typically associated with managing multiple PSPs. This simplifies long-term maintenance and gives Corendon Airlines greater control over how payments are routed. With that control comes the ability to improve approval rates, reduce processing costs, and strengthen negotiating leverage with acquirers.

Corendon’s move to orchestration reflects a wider shift in the airline industry toward more flexible, efficient payment systems. With Gr4vy, the airline is positioned to respond faster to market changes, expand into new regions more efficiently, and continue improving the customer experience across every stage of the journey.