Comment by tcgv

Comment by tcgv a year ago

4 replies

The last few times I used Skyscanner, I was disappointed because their "database" was outdated.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.

neilv a year ago

Is Google Flights based on the ITA Software acquisition?

  • umeshunni a year ago

    Yes, you can think of Google flights as a scaled front end on top of the ITA data.

    • garaetjjte a year ago

      Is this actually true? For example Ryanair flights will show up on Google Flights, but not on ITA Matrix.

      • umeshunni a year ago

        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.