Comment by neilv Comment by neilv 10 months ago 3 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News Is Google Flights based on the ITA Software acquisition?
Copy Link umeshunni 10 months ago Collapse Comment - Yes, you can think of Google flights as a scaled front end on top of the ITA data. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link garaetjjte 10 months ago Parent Collapse Comment - Is this actually true? For example Ryanair flights will show up on Google Flights, but not on ITA Matrix. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link umeshunni 10 months ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link garaetjjte 10 months ago Parent Collapse Comment - Is this actually true? For example Ryanair flights will show up on Google Flights, but not on ITA Matrix. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link umeshunni 10 months ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link umeshunni 10 months ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 0 replies
Yes, you can think of Google flights as a scaled front end on top of the ITA data.