Skyscanner Integrates with ChatGPT for Middle East Flight Searches
Skyscanner has launched its app inside ChatGPT, enabling travellers in the Middle East to perform flight searches through natural conversation. The integration lets users receive live, visual results without leaving the chat interface.
How the Chat experience works
Users can install the Skyscanner app from the ChatGPT App Store and start a search with a simple prompt. For example, asking for the cheapest flight to New York in December returns global options and prices instantly.
Results are displayed visually and update as travellers refine dates or airports. Quick messages let users compare flights and check alternative itineraries in real time.
Why this matters for Middle East travellers
The move brings Skyscanner’s pricing engine into conversational search. This makes flight searches faster and more intuitive for regional users.
Skyscanner serves about 160 million travellers each month. The brand’s comparisons and price transparency remain central to the experience.
AI beyond chat searches
Skyscanner is also applying AI across other travel points. Car hire and hotel chatbots deliver conversational booking help on the company’s platform.
These tools aim to reduce friction and speed decision-making. Artificial intelligence supports clearer, faster choices for travellers.
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Company direction and goals
Piero Sierra, Skyscanner’s Chief AI Officer, leads the firm’s AI strategy for travel. He says the company will push search beyond form-based queries.
The roadmap prioritises natural language search with explainability. Skyscanner plans agentic features only where trust and economics make sense.
Ultimately, success will be measured by better traveller decisions and sustained trust.
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