Flightconnections

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The FlightConnections website is sparking debate, with some users praising its sleek interface and usefulness for scoping out flight routes, while others criticize its dark patterns and redirect trapping. Commenters are divided on its originality, with some noting it offers similar information to aviability.com, although one user pointed out that aviability.com was temporarily down, prompting a discussion about the site's reliability. As users dig in, they're discovering the site's features, such as creating custom flight route circles, and comparing it to other travel planning tools like Rome2Rio. Despite some criticisms, many are finding it to be a valuable resource for exploring flight connections.

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exidy

5 months ago

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Seems to provide similar information as https://aviability.com/ although with a slicker interface and monetisation.

Gys

5 months ago

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https://aviability.com/ is empty...

exidy

5 months ago

Not sure if you had a temporary glitch or something in your client, but it's up, it works and it has for more than a decade: https://archive.ph/dhZpp

pabs3

5 months ago

... and lots of dark patterns.

yodon

5 months ago

Might be good for the home page to say something about what it is, beyond just showing a map with dots.

Cool kids who are in the know are generally a smaller population than one might hope when launching a site.

mannewalis

5 months ago

Minus points for redirect trapping.

gcanyon

5 months ago

Two minutes in and I have:

   1. Figured out how to create circles -- sort of, by deleting and allowing it to recreate them
   2. Figured out how to set the diameter of circles by dragging the point on their circumference -- choosing a radius in the search box doesn't seem to work
   3. Figured out that small circles aren't possible -- both in NYC and SF I had to drag the center of the circle out into the ocean to get a circle limited to the airports I was interested in
   4. Seen the sign-in/ads dialog twice
   5. Gave up on actually trying it out.

daft_pink

5 months ago

This is an awesome site in that it can identify whether a nonstop flight is available between two small cities or what directly flights there are to a country like China which post pandemic has very few direct flights.

pabs3

5 months ago

Hmm, so kind of like Rome2Rio but restricted to air travel, instead of all travel.

https://www.rome2rio.com/

pimlottc

5 months ago

It's a great site, I use it all the time to scope out possible routes and connections. Mostly just searching for a city/airport and seeing what all the direct flights are. I'm fortunate to live by a major hub so I hate having to make connections :P

I have never used the premium options.

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