Skyscanner
Founded Year
2003Stage
Acquired | AcquiredTotal Raised
$197.18MValuation
$0000About Skyscanner
Skyscanner is a flight search engine that aims to allow users to browse for flights via price and location. Additional tools, such as fare graphs, allow users to compare flight prices of any given route over a month period, or the price of weekend flights from any given city. The site is multilingual, offering flight searches in 20 languages including Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, and Japanese. Skyscanner does not sell flights directly; instead, the site can be used to find the cheapest deal for a desired route after which users are automatically transferred to the airline or travel supplier's website to make their booking directly. Users can search for flights without having to enter specific dates or destinations, creating a very flexible flight search platform. Skyscanner's indexing technology means that search results can be found much more quickly than with meta-search engines, as there is no need to scrape third party pages for information every time a search is made, which aims to make it distinctly different from most other flight finding websites.
Skyscanner Headquarter Location
Floor 6, The Avenue 1 Bedford Avenue
London, England, WC1B 3AU,
United Kingdom
Expert Collections containing Skyscanner
Expert Collections are analyst-curated lists that highlight the companies you need to know in the most important technology spaces.
Skyscanner is included in 1 Expert Collection, including Travel Technology (Travel Tech).
Travel Technology (Travel Tech)
2,134 items
The travel tech collection includes companies offering tech-enabled services and products for tourists and travel players (hotels, airlines, airports, cruises, etc.). It excludes financial services and micro-mobility solutions.
Skyscanner Patents
Skyscanner has filed 9 patents.
The 3 most popular patent topics include:
- Social networking services
- Biological databases
- Data synchronization
Application Date | Grant Date | Title | Related Topics | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4/19/2017 | 4/5/2022 | Internet terminology, Natural language processing, Social networking services, Biological databases, Software patent law | Grant |
Application Date | 4/19/2017 |
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Grant Date | 4/5/2022 |
Title | |
Related Topics | Internet terminology, Natural language processing, Social networking services, Biological databases, Software patent law |
Status | Grant |
Latest Skyscanner News
May 25, 2022
Collaboration between leading metasearch site and Chinese handset manufacturer is going live initially in Europe before being rolled out globally
When was Skyscanner founded?
Skyscanner was founded in 2003.
Where is Skyscanner's headquarters?
Skyscanner's headquarters is located at Floor 6, The Avenue, London.
What is Skyscanner's latest funding round?
Skyscanner's latest funding round is Acquired.
How much did Skyscanner raise?
Skyscanner raised a total of $197.18M.
Who are the investors of Skyscanner?
Investors of Skyscanner include Trip.com Group, Vitruvian Partners, Artemis Investment Management, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Yahoo! and 6 more.
Who are Skyscanner's competitors?
Competitors of Skyscanner include Expedia and 6 more.
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