✈️ Skyscanner Flight Scraper API — Compare Cheap Flights from 7 Sources in One Call

Find the cheapest flights for any route and date by querying seven independent flight databases in a single run and merging them into one deduplicated, price-compared feed. Pulls Google Flights, Kiwi.com, a cached price database, Ryanair, EasyJet, Wizz Air and Norwegian — no airline OAuth, no GDS contract, no browser rendering. Pure HTTP, exportable as JSON / CSV / Excel / XML.

Built for travel aggregators, fare-alert products, OTA startups, corporate-travel teams and data analysts who need accurate multi-source flight price comparison at scale.

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🌟 Why Choose Us?

🧮 7 sources, 1 call	Google Flights + Kiwi + cached fares + 4 low-cost carriers, merged & deduplicated.
💰 True cheapest price	bestPrice + cheapestSource + per-source price breakdown for every flight.
🔗 Bulk input	Paste many flight URLs or route tokens, or use the simple single-route form.
🛡️ Smart proxy ladder	Starts direct (no proxy), auto-escalates to datacenter, then sticky residential only if blocked.
⚡ Fast & cheap	Pure HTTP — no Playwright/Chromium. A typical search finishes in seconds.
💾 Live results	Every flight is saved as soon as a route finishes — a crash never loses data.

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✨ Key Features

• ✈️ One-way and round-trip search.
• 💺 Cabin class filter: Economy / Premium Economy / Business / First.
• 💱 Any ISO currency (USD, EUR, MXN, GBP, BRL, JPY…) and point-of-sale market.
• 🧩 Segment-level detail, layovers, baggage policy, self-transfer & travel-hack flags.
• ⭐ Auto-flagged cheapest and fastest options (highlights).
• 🔗 Direct booking links (Google Flights, Kiwi, Aviasales).

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📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	Bulk flight-search URLs (Google Flights, Kiwi.com, Skyscanner, Aviasales) or route tokens like LAX-JFK-2026-08-15 (add a second date for round trips).
origin	string	Origin IATA code (e.g. LAX). Used when no URLs are given.
destination	string	Destination IATA code (e.g. JFK).
departDate	string	Departure date YYYY-MM-DD.
returnDate	string	Optional return date for round trips.
adults	integer	Passengers, 1–9.
cabinClass	string	ECONOMY / PREMIUM_ECONOMY / BUSINESS / FIRST.
currency	string	ISO currency code.
market	string	Point-of-sale market (e.g. US).
locale	string	Language/locale (e.g. en-US).
maxFlights	integer	Max merged results per route (1–200).
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify proxy settings (datacenter/residential rungs).

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "LAX-JFK-2026-08-15" },
    { "url": "https://www.kiwi.com/en/search/results/lhr/cdg/2026-09-01/no-return" }
  ],
  "origin": "LAX",
  "destination": "JFK",
  "departDate": "2026-08-15",
  "adults": 1,
  "cabinClass": "ECONOMY",
  "currency": "USD",
  "maxFlights": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

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📤 Output

Each dataset item is one merged flight. Example:

{
  "prices": { "google": 277, "cached": 136 },
  "bestPrice": 136,
  "cheapestSource": "cached",
  "sourcesFound": ["cached", "google"],
  "currency": "USD",
  "airline": "American",
  "departTime": "6:05 AM",
  "arriveTime": "2:41 PM",
  "duration": "5h 36m",
  "durationMinutes": 336,
  "stops": 0,
  "from": { "airport": "LAX" },
  "to": { "airport": "JFK" },
  "cabinClasses": ["ECONOMY"],
  "segments": [ { "from": "LAX", "to": "JFK", "departure": "6:05 AM", "durationMinutes": 336 } ],
  "layovers": [],
  "baggage": null,
  "highlights": { "isBest": true, "isFastest": true, "isCheapest": true },
  "links": {
    "googleFlights": "https://www.google.com/travel/flights?q=...",
    "book": "https://search.aviasales.com/LAX0815JFK1?marker=719034"
  },
  "origin": "LAX",
  "destination": "JFK",
  "departDate": "2026-08-15",
  "returnDate": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-14T10:04:58Z"
}

The Output tab shows four ready-made table views: ✈️ Flight Deals, 🧩 Segments/Layovers/Baggage, 💰 Price Breakdown by Source, and 🔗 Booking Links.

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🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. Log in at https://console.apify.com → Actors.
2. Open Skyscanner Flight Scraper API.
3. Enter a route (or paste bulk URLs) and pick currency / cabin / passengers.
4. Click Start and watch the live log fill in per source.
5. Open the Output tab when the run completes and export to JSON / CSV / Excel.

🤖 Use via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/<ACTOR_ID>/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"origin":"LAX","destination":"JFK","departDate":"2026-08-15","currency":"USD","maxFlights":50}'

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🛡️ Proxy Strategy

The actor sends the first request directly (no proxy). If a source rejects or blocks the request it escalates to a datacenter proxy, and if that is still blocked it switches to a residential proxy (retrying up to 3×) and sticks with residential for the rest of the run. All proxy switches are logged.

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💳 Pricing

This actor uses the pay-per-event model. The primary event is flight-result — you are billed per merged flight record saved to the dataset. Searches that find nothing cost nothing beyond the standard run start.

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❓ FAQ

Why do Ryanair / EasyJet / Wizz Air / Norwegian sometimes return 0? They are European low-cost carriers. Routes they do not operate (e.g. LAX→JFK) legitimately return no flights — Google Flights, Kiwi and Cached Prices still cover those routes.

Do I need a proxy? No. The actor runs direct by default and only uses proxies if a source blocks it.

Can I search many routes at once? Yes — add multiple URLs/route tokens in startUrls.

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⚖️ Cautions / Legal

Data is collected from publicly available sources only. You are responsible for compliance with applicable laws (GDPR, CCPA) and the target sites' Terms of Service.

🆘 Support & Feedback

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab with your input and run ID and we'll help.