Google Adds Flight Schedules to Search Results

27.05.2011
Using to search for airline flights just got a little easier. The search giant announced Friday that it's adding flight schedules to travel-related searches.

"If you have a particular destination in mind, you can now quickly find out which airlines serve that specific route and when they fly," writes Google software engineer Petter Wedum on the company's .

Let's say you enter "flights from LAX to New York" (without quotes) in the Google search window. The results page's first match (below the ads) reads: "Flights from Los Angeles, CA (LAX) to New York, NY (all airports)."

To view the flights, click the + icon that precedes "Schedule of non-stop flights."

You can also view the destinations of all non-stop flights departing a particular airport. Enter "flights from LAX," for instance, and here's what you'll see:

The addition of flight schedules is part of Google's plan to add more useful information beyond the traditional 10 blue links to its search-results pages.