iXiGO ties up with Air Valid to display airline ratings in its international flight search results

Travel search engine iXiGO.com has partnered with airline reviews site Air-Valid.in to display user generated airline ratings in its international flight search results. According to iXiGO, the user-rated factors include seat comfort, seat pitch, punctuality, attitude of the crew, cleanliness of the plane, condition of the luggage upon arrival and overall quality of aircrafts.

Air Valid claims to have gathered and published online information on 1220 airlines, 114,300 traveller opinions and 47,000 flight numbers from 261 airlines for travellers and travel agencies since January 2007. Air Valid also claims to offer services to travellers such as Seat Pitch comparison guide for 156 airlines in economic class.

Aloke Bajpai, founder and CEO, iXiGO.com, has said, “Travellers seek advice from other travellers before booking hotels. We don't see why it should be any different for flights. For the same reason, low cost carriers (LCCs) are now investing in improvement of quality of service factors for building differentiation.”

Rajnish Kumar, co-founder and CTO, iXiGO.com, has added, “Our user analytics shows that passengers do not make choices solely driven by price, especially for international travel. Factors like on-time performance, comfort, seat-spacing, level of service and cleanliness vary from one airline to the other, influencing the choice of airline, especially on competitive routes where fares are similar across carriers.”

Arnaud Bilquez, founder and CEO, Air Valid, has said, “Air Valid’s user-generated airline opinions and ratings and iXiGO.com’s market-leading airfare search engine are perfect partners for providing neutral, unbiased information to travellers for making more informed choices while searching and booking their flights.”