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Wanna find a cheap flight? Now you can Google it.

The new Google Flight search engine is based on the ITA software Google bought for $700 million earlier this year. Here’s CNN.

“On Tuesday, they launched flight search. It’s a new online tool to plan economy air travel in the U.S. Just put google.com/flights, and you’ll see flight option from variety of airlines whihc you can sort by departure, or arrival time, routes, airline or price."

Google says most people choose flights based on cost and total trip time. HLN explains the new service takes those things into account.

“I’m calling it the ‘get out of town’ feature. So see, you say this weekend I just want to go somewhere. I don’t care where I go. But I only have 300 dollars to spend. You can put in search parameters like that, and it’ll find it for you.”

A Wired blogger says the search engine gives competitors like Expedia, Orbitz or Kayak a run for their money.

“Trying out Google’s take on flight search, one can see why traditional flight search engines feared the deal. Google has clearly integrated ITA’s smart algorithms that make sense of ever-changing airline inventory with its massive search infrastructure.”

But as the LA Times points out, the new service has its limitations.

“It is not yet a full-fledged service. The search feature shows results only for some U.S. cities and only for round-trip economy flights. ”

eWeek reports Google is stressing that companies that advertise on Google will not get preferential placement on the flight search results.

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