AirPlus International Announces New Corporate MasterCard Product in the United States

Partnership with Wright Express Brings Considerable Improvements to Corporate Card Offering

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AirPlus International, a leading global provider of business travel payment solutions, is pleased to announce a new corporate MasterCard product with partner Wright Express Financial Services Corporation. Together with the AirPlus Company Account- a UATP lodged card used for pre-trip expenses such as air and rail- this new MasterCard product provides corporations with the ideal travel payment solution. An improved insurance offering, access to new technology, premier customer service, a user-friendly online portal, flexible billing and liability options, and the industry’s best data launches the AirPlus corporate card to the forefront of the industry’s offerings.

“The companion card we developed for AirPlus adds considerable value for their customers in the form of data combination and the amount of data available.”

Utilizing the MasterCard merchant network, customers can take advantage of global acceptance: over 22 million outlets and cash access at over one million ATMs worldwide. AirPlus International and Wright Express, both uniquely focused in specialized areas of the commercial payments market, bring expertise and innovation to this global product offering. Wright Express has 25 years of experience in the commercial card marketplace and AirPlus International, with over 770 employees worldwide, has doubled its processing volume in the US last year.

“We’ve received high praise from the pilot customer accounts we’ve implemented over the past few months. With our superior data, global acceptance and industry leading reporting, AirPlus offers customers the best-in-class options for corporate payment solutions,” said Richard Crum, AirPlus International’s President.

“We’re pleased that AirPlus chose Wright Express as its corporate payments partner,” said David Maxsimic, Executive VP Sales and Marketing at Wright Express. “The companion card we developed for AirPlus adds considerable value for their customers in the form of data combination and the amount of data available.”

About AirPlus

With more than 32,000 corporate customers worldwide, AirPlus International is a global leader in business travel payment solutions; offering lodge card accounts, corporate cards and online management tools. As the leading issuer worldwide of UATP, AirPlus settles flight tickets from more than 260 airlines and is the preferred partner of various airlines such as British Airways (NYSE:BAB), Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL), Luxair, Lufthansa German Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Portugal and Singapore Airlines. Please visit www.airplus.com for further information, or contact Rana Walker, Marketing and Communication Manager at [e-mail] or [phone].

About Wright Express

Wright Express Financial Services is a Utah industrial bank and a subsidiary of Wright Express Corporation (NYSE:WXS), a leading provider of payment processing and information management services to the U.S. commercial and government vehicle fleet industry. Wright Express provides these services for approximately 300,000 commercial and government fleets containing 4.5 million vehicles. Wright Express markets its payment processing services directly and is an outsourcing provider for more than 125 strategic relationships, and offers a MasterCard-branded corporate card. Wright Express Corporation employs more than 675 people and maintains its headquarters in South Portland, Maine. Wright Express Financial Services is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, please visit www.wrightexpress.com or contact Jessica Roy, Director of Corporate Communications, via e-mail at [e-mail] or [phone].