Flight Centre has launched ‘Captain Cupid,’ a new function on its app that pairs single travellers with likely romantic partners on their next flight, cruise or tour.

Flight Centre Global Managing Director Andrew Stark says the world is teeming with single travellers.

“With around 42% of our global customers travelling solo, it's clear thousands of people each year are travelling in the hope of finding romance," he said. “So our app-based Captain Cupid service is long overdue.”

Stark says solo travel demand for travel is surging in the wake of the pandemic. "In the last six months alone we've seen the number of solo travel bookings leap 6% globally," he said.

“Imagine the number of times you’ve travelled and could’ve been sitting for hours on end with the person of your dreams and never realized it! Now with Captain Cupid you’ll know, and something beautiful could be unfolding on your next flight from London to Singapore, or while on safari in Kruger National Park, or on a cruise across the Pacific or around the Mediterranean,” Stark added.

The Captain Cupid section of the Flight Centre app is available now. Travellers are invited to set up their profiles and be among the first to know once the feature goes live in May.

“We hope Flight Centre’s Captain Cupid service will set an industry benchmark for blind travel dating into the future,” said Stark. “We think the world is more than ready to embrace this travel innovation and embrace each other on long-haul flights, romantic sea voyages, and in the back of four-wheel drive vehicles.”