By COLlive reporter
Travel search engine websites have led many to abandon the traditional travel agents. Now the internet giant Google wants the public to bid Kayak.com and Priceline.com goodbye.
A newly opened “flights” section of Google.com is showing an effort to simplify and perhaps elevate the quality of search results for airline tickets.
“It provided the first glimpse at how Google intends to use the tools it picked up from its $676 million purchase of leading airline fare tracker ITA Software,” AP reported.
The deal raised fears that Google would use its power to stifle competition in the online travel sector, prompting the Justice Department to demand a series of concessions before approving the acquisition in April.
The flights section includes a map showing the round-trip cost to fly to several cities from where a search request is being made, but a quick search shows how the system is not fully versatile.
For example, a flight for Rosh Hashana from Los Angeles to New York which cost $279 did not permit to to schedule a stop over in Chicago on the way back.
Check it out for yourself: Google.com/flights
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First of all whoever no:2 is, they are either ignorant or plain out stupid. kayak, orbitz and expedia are not airlines rather flight search websites and the article didn’t mean literally taking them out rather pushing them out of business because google is so huge that it could beat nearly anyone at nearly everything.
If their sites are set on something they are going to be the best at it. We live in a google era.
Anyone know how to get a price on a one way ticket?
doesn’t do outside america yet 🙁
If thy wanna take out kayak then thy r crazy they should do away with orbitz and expedia!
google is so incredibly efficient, I think they will serve well, seems to me!