FlightsFinder.com

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FlightsFinder.com
Company type Private
IndustryTravel
Founded2008
FounderShahab Siddiqui
Website https://www.flightsfinder.com/

FlightsFinder.com (previously known as CheapFlightsFinder.com) is a travel search engine that aggregates flight fares from multiple flight aggregators including Kayak and Skyscanner and Google Flights. [1] [2] [3] Described by The Telegraph and The Daily Express as a "meta-meta search" engine, [1] [4] FlightsFinder.com was founded in 2008 by Shahab Siddiqui. [5]

History

Siddiqui founded FlightsFounder as CheapFlightsFinder.comi [6] while undergoing kidney dialysis. [7] Born with Spina Bifida, he used his time in the hospital to develop a flight comparison website. [5] He discovered noticeable price differences between the flight metasearch engines, [8] which prompted him to develop and launch the site. [9] [4] In November 2017, the website launched its error fare search engine, an automatically flexible date flight tool that claims to detect potential errors in flight pricing. [10] [11] [12] In September 2022, CheapFlightsFinder.com changed its name to FlightsFinder.com and added new search engines and features to the site. [13] [14]

In October 2023, FlightsFinder.com launched the “Airport stress calculator” tool, which forecasts the level of complexity and stress that individuals may encounter during their upcoming air travel experiences. [15] [16] [17] [18]  In 2023, the tool found that Heathrow Airport is the sixth worst airport for delays, with nearly one in three (28%) of its outbound flights departing late. [19]

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