Google
flight takes off
By Elinor Mills, CNET News.com
October 28, 2005, 10:10 GMT
Flight details are the latest example of
Google's mission to bring together disparate sources
of information
Google has launched a search feature that use Web
services to let people quickly get airline flight
information.
Users can type in two different cities, or airport
codes, in the Google search box to bring up two
boxes for entering departing and returning flight
dates. Below those are links to the travel Web sites
Expedia, Hotwire and Orbitz. Clicking on one of
those links leads directly to flight options for
their selected itinerary on that site.
"Google is testing a new search feature for
specific flight inquiries between two points,"
Google said in an e-mailed statement.
The move comes one day after Yahoo debuted its
new Trip Planner beta, which allows people to create,
share and print personalised trip itineraries.
Earlier this week, Google quietly began testing
a new service to enable people to post and make
searchable any type of content, including used-car
listings, which some speculated would put it in
competition with online auctioneer eBay.
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