Aviasales' big update for iOS: smarter and more convenient

At the moment, the metasearch engine for air tickets Aviasales is objectively considered one of the best, and a 5-star rating in the App Store is evidence of this. Just yesterday there was a release of a completely new Aviasales under the number 3.0. The update affected both the appearance of the application and the functionality, adding a few cool features to the service. We invite you to familiarize yourself with the most important and interesting innovations from the user's point of view.

Design

The application has received an updated design, more concise, logical and understandable for the user.

Minor improvements are found in almost every element of the interface, but in general, using the service has become just more convenient.

Complex search

The search engine has learned how to select ticket options for complex flights, including open-jaw. For example, a person flies from Moscow to Paris, but he will return to Moscow from Rome. Now Aviasales is able to find tickets for such situations.

New price calendar

This tool allows you to seriously save money in cases when the departure date for a person is not critical, and in the new version it has become more convenient and visual. It is enough to indicate the plan and the approximate date of the flight, click on the calendar icon, and the application will display a visual price chart for neighboring dates.

It so happens that the transfer of a flight for just one day allows you to save a very decent amount.

Voice input

The application has learned to do what Siri still cannot do - now it understands Russian and allows you to search for tickets by voice. At the same time, the user is not limited to the banal reading of the points of departure and destination.

You can say: "From Moscow to Paris for five days" - and Aviasales will find tickets for these dates. You can say: "From Moscow to Paris for a weekend with two children" - and the application will understand and take into account all the specified parameters.

Passport recognition

Having played enough with voice input, you can find another cool thing: the input of passenger data is automated not only at the level of preset templates. The templates themselves are now created via the iPhone camera.

We catch the passport page in the lens -> take pictures -> the recognized text is automatically copied into the passenger's profile.

The good news is that the application adds functionality and speed of work, without losing its simplicity and intuitiveness. The service continues to find the cheapest tickets and, unlike especially cunning competitors, shows the real total cost of the ticket. In general, we can say that the developers of Aviasales are great and are on the right track.