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Re:A flight search engine that combines flights from differe... by tcgv on Friday September 20, 2024 @11:10AM (#41602743)
The last few times I used Skyscanner, I was disappointed because their "database" was outdated. When I clicked on a flight from the search results, it took me to the airline's website, which then showed a higher price. Often, there's no official fare from the airline, and Skyscanner lists prices from third-party providers I don't really trust.

I'm finding Google Flights more reliable these days.

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Re:A flight search engine that combines flights from differe... by neilv on Friday September 20, 2024 @12:49PM (#41603689)
Is Google Flights based on the ITA Software acquisition?
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Re:A flight search engine that combines flights from differe... by umeshunni on Friday September 20, 2024 @12:54PM (#41603715)
Yes, you can think of Google flights as a scaled front end on top of the ITA data.
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Re:A flight search engine that combines flights from differe... by garaetjjte on Friday September 20, 2024 @05:57PM (#41605864)
Is this actually true? For example Ryanair flights will show up on Google Flights, but not on ITA Matrix.
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Re:A flight search engine that combines flights from differe... by umeshunni on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @12:58PM (#41649445)
I believe (and it's been ~4 years since I left Google) that ITA is one of the data sources, but there are now direct API connections with some providers.
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