FlyerTalk Forums - Duffel Flights API

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Originally Posted by JALsnipe (Post 35332013)

https://duffel.com/flights
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34818317

Just found this product, seems like a search/aggregator API with hooks into both GDS and NDC. Has anyone tried to use them yet? With ITA Matrix not showing NDC results, this could be a good alternative.

From the About Us page of their website:

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Duffel is focused on democratising the travel industry through the use of easy-to-use APIs. We’re building infrastructure that underpins the travel industry in an effort to make it accessible for anyone who wishes sell travel.

I read that to mean that it is marketed as a tool for travel agents and third-party sellers, not for use by consumers.

And from Skift:

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Airlines are increasingly using application programming interfaces, or APIs, to distribute their fares. That could let Amazon and other companies more easily sell tickets. That opens up an opportunity for tech players.
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Duffel’s new platform strives to help about 20 airlines — including American Airlines, Lufthansa Group, British Airways, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Transavia, United Airlines, and Air Canada — distribute their fares to third-parties like retailers, banks, and travel companies.

And Tech Crunch:

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Duffel enables travel agencies to plug in directly to airlines’ reservation systems via an API so they can pull real-time flight offers, make bookings, access live seat availability and buy extra services. This means new digital and mobile app-based travel agencies — Duffel’s target market — can bypass the long lead times and high costs associated with the legacy flight booking systems. They are then able to see live seat availability from some of the world’s biggest airlines, as well as additional offers on in-flight meals or luggage allocations.
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Steve Domin, co-founder and CEO of Duffel, said: “A new breed of online agencies want to access reservation systems quickly and seamlessly. By reinventing the underwiring between online agents and airlines we can transform the world of travel booking and reduce barriers to entry for innovative new companies that are offering travelers a whole new way of creating a holiday or trip.”