Kayak Announces New iPhone Application

Kayak has introduced a new iPhone application, which enables users to search more than 200 travel sites for rates and availability for flights and hotels from anywhere in the world.

Once the user makes a decision, Kayak.com will offer a choice of where to buy –directly from the supplier or from an online travel agency- and send the user directly to that site to make a purchase.

Kayak.com’s application provides iPhone users the ability to search, compare and purchase airfare from hundreds of airlines. Kayak.com’s powerful filters enable users to sort results for flights by “cheap” by price, “short” by trip duration and “soon” by time of arrival.

Traditional Kayak.com filters for stops, airlines and airports are available on a secondary screen. An airline dialer is built right into the application, so while others are scrambling to find numbers, the Kayak.com iPhone application user will be able to contact the airline by phone within seconds. The application, now available in the iTunes App Store, is free for all users.