Airline search engine launch

Skyscanner came to London last week.  The Edinburgh-based flight comparison site essentially was in town to launch version 2 of its ‘All flights, everywhere’ flight search app but it proved a fine opportunity for co-founder Frank Skivington, Sales Marketing Director, to outline the company's history, talk about the future, and introduce the new product.

Unlike other flight search creations Skyscanner links direct to the airlines and is only selective as regards price.  On any sector it lists every carrier using as a basis of its operation the OAG database.  Well thought out, you enter the airports you wish to travel from and to and date of travel from pull-down menus and then the system lists all the available flight options and prices.  Hotel and car hire are shown too.  There is also a map of the destination.  For the future Skyscanner plans to offer train services.  There are no booking fees and revenue is generated via commission paid by the airline or service. 

Skyscanner was created in 2004 by three IT professionals and today employs just over 100 staff with additional offices in Poland and a planned autumn operation in Singapore.  With more than 14m users per month, Skyscanner generates downstream revenues of over US$1bn every year.  It is available in 23 languages and whatever currency you prefer. www.skyscanner.net

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