May 28, 2011 - 15:40 AMT
Google adds flight schedules, airline routes in search

Google has big ambitions for flight search, as the search giant dropped $700 million on travel search software developer ITA Software.

Google announced a few new flight search features that have been integrated into search, according to TechCrunch.

Now, when searching for a destination on Google, it is possible to see which airlines serve that specific route and when they fly.

For example, if user searches for flights from ‘Moscow to Yerevan,’ schedules of all the non-stop flights that serve that route are seen, which airlines fly, and times. Clicking on “Schedule of non-stop flights” accesses the full timetable.

It is even possible to see all destinations with non-stop flights from a particular airport.

Google software engineer Petter Wedum writes that the company is ‘eager to begin developing new flight search tools’ that are integrated with ITA’s software.