Originally Posted by
ScheisseMeister
I'm a little late to the game and was not able to use Flight Track before Mobiata got acquired. I've been reading this thread and I don't really understand what made Flight Track so special that people are still sad about losing it some three years later.
In the most simple terms, can someone please explain to me what you were getting out of FlightTrack that none of the other apps are offering...what problem did Flight Track solve so well? And why was it so important that Flight Track worked with Tripit?
FlightTrack allowed a VERY quick lookup of flights: there was a very easy way to type in from, to airports and get a list of flights between them. It's a really simple function that is totally missing in most apps today. Don't need connections, codeshares, etc: just unique flights between two airports. Of course, it also provided actual departure / arrival times, so delays and so on were shown. Gates were shown. Total flight time was shown
This is critical with Tripit because when I have a trip added in tripit, as I go through security, I open FlightTrack to quickly check the gate # and any delays to my flight. I don't need 50 advertisements for lounges, drink coupons, hotel offers, boarding pass links, weather, etc (I'm looking at you, Appintheair) - I _just_ need my flight, gate, any delays, the equipment flying it and a seatmap link.
It was a very simple app but it was perfect for the busy traveller. It didn't try to do 56 things: it did a half dozen, but very clearly and well.