Google Unveils Flight Search

Google announced today the availability of Flight Search, the product of their acquisition of ITA Software last year. "Starting today, when you search for flight information on Google, for example 'flights from Chicago to Denver,' you will see a 'Flights' link in the left-hand panel. This link leads to our new Flight Search feature, and is offered in addition to the flight schedules which have been available since May." Google says they're continuing to develop the service, and added that the results are "not influenced by any paid relationships."

Bing?

[mr100percent]

So Google is finally copying Bing's features?

I don't quite mind, if Google starts copying Wolfram Alpha we may get LCARS one day.

Bing!

[adisakp]

I know I'll get modded down for the but Microsoft's Bing search engine has been doing flight searches quite nicely for a time. Type in a flight query with dates and it will have a selection to choose matching flights at the top of your search results. You can even limit by take off or arrival times and it has a pretty good "price predictor" to tell you whether to buy now or wait (and what is the likelihood of the cost going down). They have good price history tools and charts too.

If you want to find a good price on a domestice flight, the price history is great to see what days the airlines "price pulse" that route.

Re:Not ready for the mile-high club

[blair1q]

Much more fun to rush out the crazy failure mode, and then not provide in-tool documentation, but expect everyone to have read J. Random Blog for training.