Google Flight has made an official launch of its service for the domestic sector within the U.S., and is already getting some good reviews, although there are some ‘reservations’ attached to the comments.
The launch was a known service offering in the offing ever since they bought ITA Software, but it seems that they’ve kept the service with one focus in mind – simplicity. Designed on looks that resemble their typical search page, with filters on the left margin, the UI is simple and direct. Though only major airports are listed for now, its refreshing to see how the filter choices immediately reflect on the displayed items – kind of like Google Instant. Some reviews show that it still needs a lot of work before it can rival major domain kings like Hipmunk and Kayak, and even Expedia, but there are indications that the future of Google Flight could be a bright one.
The filters on Google Flight are a little cumbersome to navigate because, for example, if you want to search only Delta flights to a particular destination, you have to deselect all the other airlines manually – they’re all selected by default and there’s no ‘clear selections’ option to make it easy. On the whole, however, the launch seems to be successful, and visitors to Google.com/flights will definitely not be going “Oh, this looks just like…” – a testament to Google’s unique efforts in making this service a special offering.
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