| Re: makes searching and booking applications airfares [message #181434 is a reply to message #181271] |
Thu, 16 May 2013 02:53   |
gordonb.6qynk
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>> does anyone know how to take the flight schedule of the airline website?
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> There is no "the airline website".
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> Every airline has its own website with different layout etc..
Air*ports* might also be a source of this information.
> Ask the airlines if they provide a service to query the schedules using
> a standard protocol.
There exists a Kindle app (and it probably runs on other smart
phones) called "Flightboard" by Mobiata. It gets flight schedule
data for an airport (multiple airlines are included, pretty seamlessly.
The app claims it covers 4,000 airports and 1,400 airlines worldwide.)
It gets flight data for flights about to take off or land (no date,
just a time). It looks a lot like the signs in airports labelled
"Arrivals" and "Departures", although you can sort the data by
various fields. Don't use this to schedule a flight next month
(that info might be available to different mobile apps). Do use
this if you want to know if the flight you intend to meet is on
time. The app has to get the data *somewhere*.
There is reference to airline data delays and an FAA-required delay
in live aircraft info, which may be up to 15 minutes. That also
suggests some kind of official status for the data.
Data comes from Flightstats (according to the app), so check out
www.flightstats.com. Their terms of use do not allow screen-scraping.
Forking over enough money might change that.
The app also includes a link to Expedia, which is probably useful
if you are shopping for a future flight based on cost, schedule,
airline, etc.
There are some other apps for more heavy-duty tracking of multiple
flights which probably cost more than Amazon's
$0.00-when-it's-the-free-app-of-the-day, $3.99 when it's not. No,
I have no association with any of these companies other than
occasionally using the app.
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