Why Airlines Pay by Wire, Not Card — and What It Means for Billing

If you try to run a Part 142 center on consumer-style card checkout, you will fight your customers every month. They do not pay like consumers.

The customer is a company

The bill goes to the airline training department, charter operator, or corporate flight department — not the pilot. That means named client accounts, not individual logins.

Wire transfers, not cards

Corporate procurement pays by international wire. Your system needs SWIFT/UETR references and a queue that matches inbound wires to open invoices automatically.

Aging scoped per account

Invoice aging (current/30/60/90+) has to be per client account, with wire alerts surfaced — not a single consumer ledger.

Built for this from day one

AviationAlley models B2B billing for Part 142 natively, including multi-currency and compliance.