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

  • 20-05-2016 10:42PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭


    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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,480 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭arubex


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭rigmaroll


    Thank you for those links


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