please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2010 this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message airplus international is a global provider of business travel payment solutions for corporations . many products are offered to support business travel payment accounting and analysis functions . lufthansa airplus servicekarten gmbh only shareholder is deutsche lufthansa ag . contents 1 company history 1.1 timeline 2 locations 3 products 4 data and details 5 external links company history edit the company s tradition began in the year 1986 with the air travel card distributed by lufthansa now known as the universal air travel plan uatp . this airline industry payment platform is utilised by airplus and accepted by 220 airlines worldwide . timeline edit 1986 eleven airlines founded airplus limited card services 1989 airplus servicekarten gmbh is founded with 10 staff members at the time . 1990 the airplus uatp card is issued as a form of payment for plane tickets purchased for business travel . numbers begin with 1220 . 1992 the airplus eurocard is issued in a co branding arrangement with deutsche bank and dresdner bank to capture all t & e spend . 1993 the airplus visa card is issued in a co branding arrangement with bayerische landesbank . making airplus the first company to issue a pair of cards one for air one for other travel expenses for frequent travelers . 1994 airplus began acquiring visa contracted merchants . the direct marketing logistics division is formed . 1998 the card program management division is founded with the mission of developing and implementing concepts for customer card systems . 1999 communigate kommunikationsservice gmbh founded as a joint venture by lufthansa airplus and bayern card services opened for business . the focus of communigate s activities was to provide support for holders of the lufthansa card introduced in january 1999 . 2000 the airplus international brand name is introduced . 2001 spin off of the eprocurement division gse transactions together with deutsche post ebusiness gmbh to trimondo gmbh . 2002 airplus began its cooperation with british airways . also airplus international inc based in new york is founded as is airplus international ltd. in london . 2003 airplus international ag is founded with headquarters in zurich . the airline partnership with u.s. carrier continental airlines is announced . regional headquarters are opened in hong kong . 2004 cooperation with dresdner bank . takeover of dresdner bank s corporate card system with approx . 18 000 lodged and corporate cards . 2005 offering airplus products in 28 countries . cooperation with the two leading car rental agencies avis and europcar . 2006 independent provider of credit cards for on the road . partnership with the china merchants bank . payment solution for the road charge in germany road account 2007 cooperation for payment solutions in the business travel management in asia with the korea exchange bank and the united overseas bank . implementation of a global payment solution for the climate protection contributions . 2008 offering airplus products in over 50 countries . cooperation with air china . foundation of a subsidiary in shanghai . locations edit headquarters neu isenburg germany regional offices austria australia belgium canada china czech republic dubai france great britain hong kong hungary italy luxembourg mexico netherlands nordic countries denmark finland norway sweden portugal singapore south africa spain switzerland usa . products edit products offered airplus company account a central bill account with which a company s travel expenses are billed . airplus corporate cards company employees receive a co branded credit card i.e. mastercard with which travel and entertainment expenses are billed . airplus information manager an analysis tool for a company s travel expense management . capturing the complete incoming data from the airplus company account and the airplus corporate cards with the ability to capture from other sources as well . this data is recorded analyzed and provided to the customer in their desired format data and details edit shareholder deutsche lufthansa ag commercial register offenbach main district court hrb 8119 management patrick w. diemer and roland kern supervisory board chairman alex tillmann deutsche lufthansa ag total invoicing volume 2010 21.0 billion transactions processed 2010 125 million number of credit cards 1 234 245 number of customers 35 000 corporate customers worldwide employees over 1080 as of jan 2014 external links edit airplus website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title airplus international & oldid 722581460 categories companies based in hessehidden categories orphaned articles from march 2010all orphaned articlesarticles needing additional references from february 2008all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking sources from april 2016all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity 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