Google Flights

In April 2011, the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division approved Google's $700 million purchase of ITA Software.{{cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/04/google-ita/ |title=Feds Clear Google to Buy ITA Travel Search Company, Conditions Apply |author=Ryan Singel |author-link=Ryan Singel |work=Wired |date=8 April 2011 |access-date=13 September 2011}} On September 13, 2011, Google launched Google Flights, which used algorithms gained from this purchase.{{cite web |url= https://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/09/google-travel-search-2/ |title=Google Upgrades Flight Search to the Jet Age |author=Ryan Singel |author-link=Ryan Singel |work=Wired |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=13 September 2011}}

An innovation of Google Flights is that it allows open-ended searches based on criteria other than the destination; for example, a user may search for flights within a range of times and a budget and be offered various destination choices.{{cite web |url= https://money.cnn.com/2011/09/13/technology/google_flight_search/ |title=Google launches Flight Search – with a feature rivals lack|author=Julianne Pepitone |publisher=CNN |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=13 September 2011}} Alternatively, a user can select a destination, and Google Flights will calculate every price for each day of the next 12 months, visualized in a graph or table. This allows users to easily spot the cheapest date to fly to the destination.

Google Flights also enables its users to calculate the climate impact of their flight, but in July 2022, this tool changed the way of calculating the climate impact of flights. All the global warming impacts of flying except the {{CO2}} emission were excluded from the calculation, halving the calculated climate impact of each flight. This move faced a backlash from environmental activists and the scientific community.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62664981 | title=Google change reduces airline emissions calculations | work=BBC News |access-date=25 August 2022 }}

The service was immediately compared to competitors such as Expedia, Orbitz, Kayak.com, and Bing.{{cite web |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/google-travel-not-kayak-killer-yet/338002/ |title=Google Travel: Not a Kayak Killer, Yet |author=Rebeccas Greenfield |work=The Atlantic |publisher=Atlantic Media Company |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=January 18, 2022}}

Shortly after the site launched, Expedia testified to the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee that Google failed to keep a promise to rank Google Flight listings below the listings of competitors in a Google search.{{cite web |url=http://archive.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2011/09/21/google_flight_search_breaks_vow_expedia_says/|title=Google's Flight Search Breaks Promise on ITA Deal, Expedia Says |first=Sara |last=Forden |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |date=20 September 2011 |access-date=18 January 2022}}

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• Albania{{Cite news|url=https://blog.google/topics/travel/google-trips-flights-and-destinations-add-new-languages-and-countries/|title=Google Trips, Flights, and Destinations add new languages and countries|date=2017-09-06|publisher=Google|access-date=2017-11-23|language=en}}
• Armenia
• Australia{{Cite news|url=https://plus.google.com/+GoogleTravel/posts/8nmmejH6qCZ|title=#GoogleFlights has landed down under! Visit google.com.au/flights or google.c...|access-date=2017-06-14|language=en}}
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = https://flights.google.be/|website = flights.google.be|access-date = 2016-08-06}}
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil{{Cite web|url=http://flights.google.com.br/|title=Google Voos|website=flights.google.com.br|access-date=2015-12-13}}
• Bulgaria
• Canada{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.ca/|website = flights.google.ca|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Chile
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Finland
• France{{Cite web|title = Google Recherche de vols|url = http://flights.google.fr/|website = flights.google.fr|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Georgia
• Germany{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.de/|website = flights.google.de|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Greece
• Greenland
• Honduras{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = https://www.google.hn/travel/flights|publisher = Google|access-date = 2023-08-05}}
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.co.in/|website = flights.google.co.in|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Indonesia{{Cite news|url=https://blog.google/topics/travel/google-flights-lands-indonesia/|title=Google Flights lands in Indonesia|date=2016-11-07|publisher=Google|access-date=2016-11-08}}
• Ireland{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.ie/|website = flights.google.ie|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Israel{{cite web|title = jerusalem post|url = https://jpost.com/Israel-News/Google-Flights-now-in-Hebrew-564807|website = The Jerusalem Post|access-date = 2018-08-16}}
• Italy{{Cite web|title = Google Ricerca voli|url = http://flights.google.it/|website = flights.google.it|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = https://flights.google.lu/|website = flights.google.lu|access-date = 2017-07-30}}
• Macedonia
• Malaysia{{Cite web|url=http://googletravel.blogspot.fr/2016/03/google-flights-lands-in-malaysia.html|title=Google Flights lands in Malaysia|website=Google Travel|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-23}}
• Mauritius
• Mexico{{Cite news|url=https://plus.google.com/+GoogleTravel/posts/BswLgbKUY7t|title=Google Flights now makes it easier to find the best flights in Mexico right i...|access-date=2017-03-24|language=en}}
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• Netherlands{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.nl/|website = flights.google.nl|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• Norway{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.no/|website = flights.google.no|access-date = 2018-08-15}}
• Oman
• Peru
• Poland{{Cite web|title = Loty Google|url = http://flights.google.pl/|website = flights.google.pl|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Portugal{{Cite web|title = Google Voos|url = https://www.google.pt/flights/|website = google.pt/flights/|access-date = 2016-02-26}}
• Romania
• Russia{{Cite web|title = Google Авиабилеты|url = http://flights.google.ru/|website = flights.google.ru|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Serbia
• South Africa{{Cite web|title = Google Flights ZA|url = https://www.google.com/travel/flights|website = za.google.com/travel/flights|access-date = 2024-05-21}}
• Singapore{{Cite web|title = Google Flights available in Singapore from Dec 17|url = https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/google-flights-available-in-singapore-from-dec-17}}
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.es/|publisher = Google|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Sweden{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.se/|website = flights.google.se|access-date = 2016-11-14}}
• Taiwan
• Turkey{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.com.tr/|website = flights.google.com.tr|access-date = 2020-11-17}}
• Switzerland{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.ch/|website = flights.google.ch|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.co.uk/|website = flights.google.co.uk|access-date = 2015-12-13}}
• United States{{Cite web|title = Google Flights|url = http://flights.google.com/|publisher = Google|access-date = 2015-12-13}}

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