Skyscanner Rolls Out Flash Travel Map

Flight search engine, Skyscanner.net, has launched Maps Tool API. According to the company, the new initiative is the first in a new series of free tools that allows third party websites to integrate Skyscanner flight functionality into their own sites.

The Skyscanner Maps Tool API is a Flash travel map that webmasters can easily embed on their own sites to display Skyscanner flight route information and is free to download from http://www.skyscanner.net/.

Barry Smith, Skyscanner Director of Business Development said: “The Maps Tool API has been developed in response to the huge demand we’re getting from businesses who want a way to integrate Skyscanner’s search functionality into their websites.”

The tool is fully configurable, allowing webmasters to display a fixed departure point, fixed destination point, fixed departure and destination, or an ‘anywhere to anywhere’ open search.

Webmasters can also select their preferred language from a choice of 20, including Spanish, Japanese and Russian.