Flight Booking Search Script

Hello all,

I have been asked to find a way to implement a flight booking search script on a site that I maintain. Examples of what I would need to do are the following:

Kayak
Orbitz
Opodo
Sky Scanner

In detial, I am needing to code a script that allows the user to enter their requested flight information (date, time, travelers info, travelling class, etc). Then searches the airlines or some database with the information for availability, price, carrier, and other detials and display it. I want to be able to allow the user to book the information on our site, BUT if that is not possible, have them directed to the airlines official website to book it. And of corse, it all needs to be completly valid. I dont need fake bookings. Our clients will be mostly from England and be flying to Spain for short holidays.

So im needing some help to figure out where i need to start. Any resources anyone can provide that are relevent to this would be greatly appreciated. Also, what sort of coding would have to be considered here? I figure we are probably looking at some sort of Java style coding. Which I dont know and dont want to have to get into if I can do it in other ways such as PHP. Thanks for reading and I hope someone can help me out here.

There are a few ways this could be approached, but I have a feeling it will depend how each airline or info broker is set up. I would imagine there would be a daily (hourly?) XML file you could parse to populate your database. The technology isn't going to be the difficult part to deal with, IMO. The biggest problem you're going to have is coming up with a business model that will generate enough revenue to justify what you have to pay for the info.

To start figuring out the particulars, approach it as if you wanted to be a travel agent, that should get you started. I'm sure the info you need to evalaute this service is available, it's just going to be a matter of hunting it down.

I found this topic by doing a google search, did you have any luck as I'm looking to do exactly the same thing, I haven't made any posts yet so couldn't PM you, would you be able to point me in the right direction,

Many Thanks

Gazever