Duffel Blog

Airlines

Scoot is now available with Duffel

Scoot is a low-cost carrier and a subsidiary of SIA Group (Singapore Airlines). With Scoot, you can offer your customers flexible and cost-effective flights to 60+ in the Asia-Pacific region.

Product Updates

Get high-quality, brand-compliant airline logos in our Flights API

We’ve introduced hundreds of airline logos in our Flights API as part of the complete toolkit for selling flights.

Engineering

Why product design matters at an API company

The design considerations are clear when developing an app with a visual interface. That’s not the case when building an API.

Engineering

How to build a flight API: exploring our tech stack

The travel industry is built on a complex web of legacy systems. We've designed a tech stack with the latest tools to help us move faster.

Product Updates

Making flight searches better: multi-step, deadlines, filters, and offer conditions

Customers are willing to wait a couple of seconds, but what about 30? Use these search features to deliver more relevant results faster.

NDC

Perspectives on the future of NDC: IATA, Hawaiian Airlines, Alternative Airlines, and Duffel

NDC adoption is accelerating. Here's what you can expect from IATA, an airline, travel seller, and tech provider in the years to come.

Life at Duffel

Celebrating Pride month 2022 at Duffel

We marked Pride month by celebrating, learning from less visible members of the LGBTQ+ community, and supporting a great cause.

Engineering

Key takeaways from ElixirConf EU 2022

We celebrated ten years of Elixir by joining the community at ElixirConf. We enjoyed loads of great talks and these are the highlights.

Product Updates Featured

Manage flight changes in minutes with new Order Management features

New features to improve how you manage airline-initiated changes across 300+ airlines.

NDC

How to talk about the value of NDC to business leaders

When stakeholders ask about the business value and considerations of using NDC, this is how we answer common questions.

Engineering

How we’re improving web accessibility at Duffel

On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, our user experience engineering team dedicated the day to improving the accessibility of the Duffel Dashboard.

NDC

How NDC helps travel sellers make money in 2022

Passengers are taking to the skies again and you have the opportunity to deliver great experiences and make money as a travel seller using NDC.

NDC Featured

Introducing the complete NDC guide for travel sellers

A new guide to help travel sellers use NDC to build great customer experiences and make more money selling flights.

Product Updates

Introducing Place Suggestion API: build an intuitive flight search tool faster

A new API in our complete toolkit for selling flights so your customers can find cities and airports around the world.

Life at Duffel

How Duffel supports new parents with family leave

The importance of work-life balance comes into sharp focus when you're thinking about starting or growing your family.

Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines is now available with Duffel

Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaii’s biggest and longest-serving airline, is live with Duffel offering access to its exciting new HA Connect NDC programme.

Airlines

Jetstar is now live with Duffel

Access competitive fares across Asia-Pacific with Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia, and Jetstar Japan now with Duffel.

Travel Industry Featured

Give your customers the best booking experience with British Airways NDC

The flight booking process is transactional. NDC gives you an opportunity to improve it and delight your customers.

Life at Duffel

A day in the life of a product manager at Duffel

We sat down with Mark to chat about his furniture-making hobby, love for the people side of technology, and life at Duffel.

Life at Duffel

A day in the life of a software engineer at Duffel

We sat down with Igor to chat about his love for basketball, his journey from F1 to Duffel, and his work on engineering documentation.

Product Updates

Seamlessly manage additional baggage requests with Duffel Components

Managing additional baggage requests is a key part of the booking process for your customers.

Engineering

8 common causes of flaky tests in Elixir

Flaky tests are like meme stocks – many people have them, but no one knows what to do with them.

Travel Industry

Innovation in the travel industry: Steve Domin and Kevin O’Shaughnessy in conversation

Steve Domin and Kevin O’Shaughnessy discuss the hurdles of getting into the travel industry, opportunities for innovation, and the future of travel tech.

Life at Duffel

A day in the life of a product marketing manager at Duffel

We sat down with Ellen Scales to discuss her international work experience, journey in product marketing, and how she’s helping to disrupt the travel industry.

Engineering

How we fixed a client library bottleneck with Elixir concurrency

A deep dive into a peculiar performance issue when fetching feature flag values.