Wingly, the flight sharing start-up, is targeting early 2019 to start its US operations after raising €2m ($2.3m) in seed funding in December. Wingly is a French company, now based in Germany, where passengers and pilots can be matched to agree on the use of free plane seats, with Wingly taking a 15% commission and a €5 charge on transactions. The company has already signed up more than 100 airlines from around the world including Ryanair, easyJet, Singapore Airlines, Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Lufthansa. The start-up plans to be doing comparable business in the US by August 2019.
Wingly, the flight sharing start-up, is targeting early 2019 to start its US operations after raising €2m ($2.3m) in seed funding in December. Wingly is a French company, now based in Germany, where passengers and pilots can be matched to agree on the use of free plane seats, with Wingly taking a 15% commission and a €5 charge on transactions. Wingly currently connects 2,000 passengers a month, with its biggest markets in Germany, France and the UK. The start-up plans to be doing comparable business in the US by August 2019.