Крипто

What Крипто does

Крипто operates the consumer-facing brand Авиасейлс (Aviasales), a Russian-originated flight meta-search and booking platform. The core product is a web-based comparison engine that aggregates fares from 2,000+ airlines and presents users with the cheapest available options across 193 destination countries; users are redirected to airline or OTA partner sites to complete purchases. The platform is delivered through a primary web portal (aviasales.ru) plus seven localized country-specific domains covering Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, supported by iOS/Android mobile applications, a Telegram price-alert bot, and a 1,000+ article travel journal that drives organic SEO traffic.

The product surface has been extended beyond flights into adjacent verticals — Hotels booking (including hostels and apartments) and curated Experiences/Guides — and a dedicated B2B portal (b2b.aviasales.ru) provides free corporate-travel services including flight booking and visa support. A separate sub-brand, Travelpayouts, operates an affiliate network that enables third-party publishers to drive referral traffic to Aviasales in exchange for commissions on completed bookings.

The business model is asset-light and commission-based: Aviasales earns affiliate referral fees from airline and OTA partners whenever a user is redirected and completes a ticket purchase. The service is free for end consumers, with no public pricing tiers disclosed. The company describes itself as the largest flight search service in Russia. Firmographic data lists 16 employees, which appears inconsistent with the operational scale described (2,000+ airline integrations across 193 countries) and may reflect a narrow legal-entity scope rather than the full operating organization.

Name

Крипто

Website

https://kripto.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Крипто operates Авиасейлс (Aviasales), a Russian-originated flight meta-search platform aggregating 2,000+ airlines across 193 countries for individual consumers, plus a B2B corporate-travel portal, hotels and guides modules, and the Travelpayouts affiliate network, monetizing via affiliate commissions on redirected bookings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Meta-Search

NAICS

Travel Agencies (561510)

akta.pro primary industry

Flights Metasearch & Airfare Comparison (THALAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Air Travel Booking Platforms (Flights) (BPAMAIAB), Flight-Focused OTAs & Airfare Marketplaces (THAKAAAC)

Keywords

• Flight meta-search
• Airline ticket comparison
• Flight search engine
• Hotel booking platform
• Corporate travel management

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Affiliate / commission revenue: Aviasales acts as a travel meta-search aggregator. The company earns commissions (affiliate fees) from airline and ticket partner sites when users click through and complete a booking. This is a transaction-based revenue model where the company is compensated per completed ticket sale referred to partner booking platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Авиасейлс (Aviasales) is a flight meta-search platform that aggregates flight options from 2,000+ airlines across 193 countries, enabling consumers to compare prices and find the cheapest available airline tickets. The platform also offers hotel booking, curated travel guides, and a dedicated B2B service for corporate travel management including visa support. Revenue is generated through affiliate commissions from partner booking platforms when users complete purchases.

Product overview

Авиасейлс is a single unified platform for flight search and booking, supplemented by hotels, travel guides, and a B2B business travel module. The core product is the flight search engine connecting users with 2000+ airlines across 193 countries. Additional services include hotel booking, curated experiences, a Telegram bot for price alerts, and a dedicated B2B service for corporate travel management. The platform also offers a mobile app and a travel journal with destination guides.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Авиасейлс для бизнеса (B2B): Free service for business travel including flights and visas
• Travelpayouts

Products and services

• Авиасейлс (Aviasales) flight search and booking platform Flight meta-search engine aggregating prices from 2,000+ airlines across 193 countries, enabling users to compare airfares and purchase the cheapest available tickets via partner booking platforms.
• Отели (Hotels) booking service Hotel booking service integrated into the Aviasales platform, including hostels and apartments, allowing travelers to book accommodation alongside flights.
• Авиасейлс для бизнеса (Aviasales for Business) B2B corporate travel platform Free corporate travel service offering comprehensive solutions for business trips, including flight booking and visa support, available via a dedicated B2B portal at b2b.aviasales.ru.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 2000+ Airlines (unspecified partner airlines)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAviasales aggregates flight data and bookings from over 2000 airlines worldwide, including prominent Russian carriers such as Aeroflot, Pobeda (Победа), Russia Airlines (Россия), Azimuth (Азимут), Yamal Airlines (Ямал), Red Sea Airlines, Yakutia (Якутия), Aurora (Аврора), Angara (Ангара), and Alrosa (Алроса). Users are redirected to partner airline or booking platforms to complete purchases, generating affiliate commissions for Aviasales.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Google Flights: Google Flights is the dominant global flight search experience embedded in Google Search. It overlaps with Aviasales on meta-search functionality but operates as part of Google's broader search and ads platform rather than as a specialized niche player.
• Trip.com: Trip.com Group operates a global portfolio of OTAs and meta-search including Skyscanner and Trip.com. It is comparable to Aviasales in flight meta-search via Skyscanner and adjacent OTA functionality across flights, hotels, and packages.

Direct peers

• Kayak: Kayak is one of the largest global flight and travel meta-search engines, aggregating fares from hundreds of airlines and OTAs. It is directly comparable to Aviasales in core product, business model (affiliate/lead generation), and target user.
• Skyscanner: Skyscanner is a leading global flight meta-search platform owned by Trip.com Group. Like Aviasales, it aggregates fares from airlines and OTAs, earns referral commissions, and offers multi-language, multi-country localized experiences.
• Momondo: Momondo is a flight and travel meta-search engine owned by Booking Holdings, operating globally with strong price-comparison branding. It directly parallels Aviasales' meta-search model, affiliate revenue, and route/airline aggregation approach.

Regional players

• OneTwoTrip: OneTwoTrip is a major Russian OTA and travel platform offering flight, hotel, and rail booking with business-travel features. It is comparable to Aviasales as a Russian-market travel booking competitor, particularly in B2B corporate travel.
• Tutu.ru: Tutu.ru is a leading Russian travel platform for trains, buses, and flights, with comparable meta-search and booking functionality across the CIS market. It competes directly with Aviasales for Russian-speaking flight-search users.
• Avito Travel: Avito, Russia's largest classifieds platform, has expanded into travel services including flight search. It competes with Aviasales for Russian travel intent and brings a much larger general consumer audience into travel search.
• Yandex Travel: Yandex Travel is the travel vertical of Russia's largest search engine, offering flight and hotel meta-search and booking. It competes head-on with Aviasales in the Russian market with the advantage of native Yandex search integration.

Others

• Travelpayouts: Travelpayouts is Aviasales' own affiliate program; it is referenced here as an ecosystem peer because it represents the partner/affiliate layer of the same meta-search business. Third-party affiliate platforms like TravelAds or Booking.com's partner program sit in the same adjacent category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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