"Google Flight" capable of collectively searching domestic and international flight information powers up

Google can search flight information from all over the world from 2011Google Flights"We have announced that we have offered services that can be said as power up version from February 25. Google Flights is a service that quickly displays the flight that is considered the best from the price and connecting conditions when searching with a starting point and a destination.

Official Google Blog: Get away with Google Flights
http://googleblog.blogspot.jp/2015/02/get-away-with-google-flights.html

Google Flight's pageAs soon as you open the search screen will be displayed. It is the same flow as the general flight search site to specify the destination, the date, the number of people, the class of the seat, except that the departure place based on the position information is input in advance at the top.


In the class specification of the seat, it is possible to specify conditions from economy, premium economy, business, first.


When specifying the departure place or destination, first enter the city name in the search window and displayedSelect from the pull-down menuIt is necessary. Even if you enter a letter and press "Enter", an error will be displayed and search will fail, so be careful.


When setting the destination to "Paris (all airports)", candidate flights were immediately displayed. Specify even more detailed conditions from here to narrow down the flight.


· Transit / via via
You can choose from direct flight to 2 connections.


A charge
It is possible to narrow down the flight by ticket fee. The amount of money is displayed according to the route.


·Airlines
In addition to choosing the desired airline for each alliance, you can also select multiple airlines by checkmark.


·Times of Day
It is possible to narrow down the flight departure / arrival time for each outgoing / return route. It is convenient for planning itinerary.


· Others
You can also narrow down the flight duration and the stopover.


The following screen was narrowed down by specifying conditions like this. Looking closely, it is divided into "recommended flight" and "other flight".


"Recommended flight" seems to have been picked up considering comprehensively the service, baggage fee, etc. in addition to the fee, the required time, the number of transit points and so on.


By clicking on the graph icon in the narrowing-down area, the price before and after the scheduled date is displayed in the form of a graph, so it was easy to find the cheapest flight.


In addition to displaying the domestic routes in the search results ......


It was possible to search all over the world from the United States to France etc etc.


In addition, the interesting part of Google Flight is the place where you can roughly specify destinations by region name like "Europe" and "Africa" ​​as well as the city name. In the screen below, "South America" ​​was specified and searched, a list of cities such as Brazil, Argentina and Colombia was displayed along with a map of the continent of South America.


About this unique search method, Google explains, "When thinking about the destination of travel, 54% do not decide on a specific destination but search for it." It seems to be said that it is a new function that it is possible to search in such a way that you first specify only the rough side and pick up the place you are interested from among the displayed city names.