Alistair Hann of Skyscanner

Alistair HannCTO, skyscanner

Pioneering a new way to search for travel

introducing skyscanner in numbers

our ranking in Europe by traffic

languages in which Skyscanner is available

countries with over 50,000 visitors per month

of monthly sessions sourced from repeat customers = strong loyalty

revenue growth year on year

airlines searched

visits per month

revenue in current financial year and significantly profitable

searches per month

downstream flights booked in last 12 months

prices checked every month

1

23

30+

50%

75%

600

14.5m

£15m

50m

$1bn

8bn

search the way you want to search…

“from beermat to mouse mat in 24 hours”

…and the answer we came up with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67QFWgK3CtY

video and demo

Facebook Receiver

Facebook Poster

Message Parser Message FormatterAnswer Service

Free Text Search API URL ShortenerSkyscanner API

Facebook API

30 sec5 sec 2 sec

system architecture

it is being used

what’s next?

over to you

Questions?@alistairhannalistair.hann@skyscanner.net