How do I obtain APIs from Airlines so that I can import Fare data into Database.

rigmaroll · 20-05-2016 10:42PM #1

I'm building a Database to hold info on all routes from Irish Airports.

Does anyone know if Airlines provide APIs so that their air fares and route info can be used by a third party.

Thanks

L1011 · 21-05-2016 12:53AM

Most airlines do not want anyone other than themselves or their GDS provider (if they have one) to have fare information. In general the answer is no.

arubex · 21-05-2016 08:42AM

There are some commercial APIs for fare data but they cost serious $$ as they're intended for resellers to use for sales systems.

You could alternatively play-around with the Wego API, they are basically a scraper that aggregates what they find on airlines websites:

http://support.wan.travel/hc/en-us/articles/200191669-Wego-Flights-API

But I wouldn't get hung-up on fare data at this point, it's so dynamic that whatever you display will probably be stale by the time a reader clicks-through to the airline site.

For general route information OAG have the Schedules on Demand product but I've never investigated pricing, possibly terrifying:

http://www.oag.com/schedules/schedulesondemand

Starting from scatch with a limited budget, and given the fairly static Irish route network, I'd be tempted to curate by hand initially with the aim of integrating with an API in the future. If you open a thread here asking for route updates I'm sure you'll have plenty of input to keep a database fresh.

rigmaroll · 22-05-2016 01:28PM

Thank you for those links

How do I obtain APIs from Airlines so that I can import Fare data into Database.

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