Uber Taps Hopper for Flights and Fintech

Uber is steadily building its travel offering — solely for UK users for now — and has entered into a partnership with online travel agency Hopper to provide it with flights and fintech products.

A small percentage of Uber's UK rideshare customers within the next week are expected to be able to start booking domestic and international flights from within the Uber app, and the full rollout in the UK is expected to be completed by this summer.

Several of Hopper's fintech products, including those enabling customers to freeze airfares, cancel flights for any reason, or rebook or get refunds in the event of flight disruptions, all for a fee, are expected to be available at launch.

The partnership sees Hopper forging a partnership with Uber, whose boss Dara Khosrowshahi was a longtime Expedia Group CEO. Khosrowshahi told Skift last summer that he wouldn't be involved in making Uber's travel partnership decisions because of a potential conflict of interest. He remains a board