Skyscanner builds multi-flight search engine

Skyscanner has launched “multi-hop” functionality to give users the option to search for combinations of low cost flights around the world. The meta search engine will allow travellers to enter a departure airport and final destination before displaying the cheapest route with up to three changes. The functionality will include 1,000 direct routes from the…

Skyscanner has launched “multi-hop” functionality to give users the option to search for combinations of low cost flights around the world.


The meta search engine will allow travellers to enter a departure airport and final destination before displaying the cheapest route with up to three changes.


The functionality will include 1,000 direct routes from the UK and 4,850 in-direct routes once users are off-shore.


Multi-Hop Flight Search has been billed as a major lead forward in the increasingly congested travel search sector following the arrival of Sidestep and Kayak from the US and the dominance of UK-based players such as TravelSupermarket, Cheapflights and Kelkoo.


It is hoped the tool will allow users to plan journeys more easily from regional airports.


Skyscanner chief executive Gareth Williams said: “The launch of the new Multi-Hop Flight Search is a very exciting addition to SkyScanner.net – we can now give users easy access to hundreds of new global destinations served by low cost airlines in one simple search and deliver the results in less than a second.”