Skyscanner Press Cuttings
Friday 13 February 2009
Skyscanner is constantly being praised in the national and international press. Here is a selection of what is being said about Europe’s favourite flight search engine.
Peter Jones of Dragons' Den recommends Skyscanner
"I found a great website, Skyscanner.net. They search all the airlines companies and compare prices and routes. You can save half the price of a ticket!"
Telegraph, November 2009
10 Best Websites
"Skyscanner lets you browse for flights via price and location, then compare prices using their nifty fare graph." 
PC Answers, November 2009
Best Free Stuff
"You can enter departure and destination location or simply opt for a country to find the cheapst place to fly. You can also specify a completely open destination if you don't mind where you go"
Which?, October 2009
Is the flight price right?
"The homepage is easy to negotiate...superb search choices, a "Who Flies here?" list, a high number of fast results, with split airlines meaning cheaper total prices. A great, flexible site."
Travel Weekly, October 2009
Skyscanner reviewed
“Why can’t every site have such a simple search tool as Skyscanner? The user experience is such a joy that, from first use, customers becomes advocates.”
Web User Magazine, July 2009
Skyscanner wins Gold Award
"Skyscanner is our first choice when it comes to finding cheap flights. It's easy to use, incredibly fast and presents results very clearly, making it an invaluable tool for helping you decide on your flying options."
BBC Radio 1 - Jo Whiley Show, 2nd June 2009
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Tom Hall of Lonely Planet recommends Skyscanner to Jo and her listeners due to its flexible search options
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, June 2009
Your Questions - low-cost flights made easy
"Skyscanner...is the best place for a thorough flight and fare search. It produces a nifty bar chart showing which airline has the cheapest fare for the days near the one you are aiming to travel on."
Sainsbury's Magazine, June 2009
Scan the net for bargains
"Comparing flight prices has never been more important. Skyscanner is a flexible flight search engine providing instant online price comparisons"
Sunday Times, May 2009
Ten Best Money-Saving Websites
"Plenty of sites promise to trawl through the thousands of discounted flights available online, but none does it with the ease of use of Skyscanner"
The Times, May 2009
How to avoid those extra charges
"On Skyscanner you can view a whole month of flights to the same destination, allowing you to pick the cheapest day to travel or find the airline with the lowest-priced ticket."
Web User Magazine, May 2009
Plan the perfect Holiday
"Skyscanner displays prices and dates for a chosen route in a well-designed and easily comprehensible bar chart"
TimesOnline, March 2009
Top 100 Travel Websites
"Searches hundreds of budget, scheduled and charter airlines for the best deals and times to travel on any route. The design is simple and the search is fast."
Mail Online, March 2009
Website of the Week: Skyscanner.net
"One of the cleverest and most useful websites for comparing airline fares."
Sainsbury's Magazine, March 2009
Websites to help you find the best flights
"Skyscanner.net [is] the most sophisticated site, which shows the airlines that fly to a particular city and displays day-by-day fares from your airport in a clever bar chart."
MoneySavingExpert.com, March 2009
Finding Cheap Flights
"While Kayak's great at filtering your results, Skyscanner allows you to select a much wider range of options. Even just entering your destination instantly shows up a range of prices from all UK airports and it has strong coverage of budget airlines too.
If you really want to play to find cheap prices, Skyscanner is the right choice."
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, March 2009
Skyscanner winner of 'Best Money Saving Website' in 'Value For Money' Awards
"Frankly, we have our suspicions about a lot of websites that claim to find you the cheapest possible flights - except this one. Skyscanner doesn't sell flights, it just does the search for you, and it works. It's the site the pros use."
Guardian.co.uk, February 2009
Best Price Comparison Travel Websites
"Skyscanner.net...has a nice function that allows you to choose the dates that you want to travel, and then it will find the cheapest places you can fly to with its "show me anywhere function" option."
Web User Magazine, January 2009
Save Money Online
"Skyscanner is a superb flight comparison service"
Telegraph.co.uk, January 2009
Italy 2009: holiday cost cutting guide
"Use Skyscanner.net - if you are flexible on date and departure airport"
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, December 2008
48 Travel Secrets
"There are two websites that constantly impress us at Travel: Skyscanner.net compares prices for all the low-cost airlines and has a superb route map"
TimesOnline, October 2008
Seven top city breaks for under £100
"Finding the cheapest flight is a doddle with Skyscanner.net"
TimesOnline, September 2008
10 Travel Sites to Watch
“The design is as clean as ever and the simple navigation means it’s easy to compare flight prices.”
The Guardian, June 2008
Ask Tom (Of Lonely Planet)
“Skyscanner (skyscanner.net) has a searchable map detailing most budget routes in Europe.”
The Telegraph, June 2007
Your 25 Hot Websites for Summer
“Skyscanner - if you're thinking of hopping on a cheap flight, here's a great site that offers a variety of simple ways to find one...select your airport and it will list a choice of destinations and prices.”
The Independent, June 2007
101 Really Useful Websites
“Type in your destination and setting off point and Skyscanner will come up with as many options as possible on your desired date of departure and show you how much your chosen trip will cost.”
TimesOnline, June 2007
Top 100 Travel Websites
“Skyscanner.net searches hundreds of budget, scheduled and charter airlines for the best deals and times to travel on any route. The design is basic, but the search is fast and the month-wide date search will generate a graph showing when flights are cheapest - handy if your departure dates are flexible.”
USA Today, March 2007
Finding Cheap Flights in Europe
“If you're really looking for the lowest airfares—and have flexibility about travel dates—the Skyscanner system is by far the most useful.”
Mail on Sunday, September 2006
Leading Travel Websites
“One-stop search Engine for all the low fare airlines”
The Guardian, August 2006
Sites that changed our world
“Flexible, fair and fearsomely indispensable”
The Guardian, August 2006
Sicily is just a few clicks away
“To find flights, our couple could check out individual airlines at their websites, but a smarter way to do it would be to use a site such as skyscanner.net, which will compare the best prices from a range of different airlines.”
Buying Business Travel Magazine, July 2006
Travel Column
“Unquestionably the best site of its type for the independent traveller”
The Telegraph, January 2006
Bargains all over the shop
"If you are online, the easiest way to get an overall picture of fares and routes is to check websites such as www.skyscanner.net”
The San Francisco Chronicle, January 2006
Budget Travel – Arthur Frommer
“A new and greatly improved version of the British airfare search engine www.skyscanner.net has generated much excitement. It provides a broad and easy-to-use listing of flights by upstart, budget-priced airlines within Europe and Asia.”
Guardian.co.uk, September 2005
Get online to a flying start
“Guardian Money tested various websites promising to find you the cheapest flights. Our results revealed that a relatively unknown-site, Skyscanner.net, found the best prices - beating much bigger operators such as Expedia and Travelocity.”
The Independent, August 2005
50 Best Travel Sites
“Very useful site that digs into the airlines' own databases to come up with the lowest fares on particular routes within Europe. An excellent place to start when you need to find out quickly which airline flies where, and when to get an overview of current fare levels.”
The Washington Post, May 2005
Nine Little Portugals
“Skyscanner.net includes some lesser-known names like Hapagfly and Snowflake…Skyscanner, lets you plug in the departure country/airport and arrival airport, then lists its findings and links to the airlines for booking.”
The International Herald Tribune, September 2003
The Frequent TRAVELER : The European thicket of no-frills carriers: negotiating a way aloft
“www.skyscanner.net allows you to search for budget airline fares in Europe. It lists routes from regional airports, not just London, and incorporates an ingenious month-to-view table showing when flights to a particular destination are cheapest.”
