Getting Access to Flights

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Flights is part of liteAPI’s broader travel platform, alongside Hotels (and soon Experiences). While the integration model is similar, Flights has important differences in access, data behavior, and booking capabilities that you should understand before building.

What you can build

With the Flights API, you can:

Search for available flights between destinations
Retrieve pricing and fare details
Present flight options to users
Allow users to select seats and add baggage
Complete flight bookings

How Flights differ from Hotels

Flights follow a stricter access and operational model than Hotels.

Access is not enabled by default (including sandbox)
Data is quite limited in sandbox
Production access must be explicitly approved
Booking flows and capabilities are more constrained

If you are familiar with the Hotels API, do not assume the same behavior applies.

Access & Environments

Understanding how access works is critical before integrating Flights.

Authentication

Flights uses the same API key and authentication method as the Hotels API. No additional credentials are required once access is enabled. Flights can be enabled in the liteAPI Whitelabel product, but they are not enabled by default. You must request access.

Environments

Flights supports two environments:

Sandbox
Production

Sandbox

Sandbox access is not enabled by default and must be requested.

What to expect:

Non-production flight data
Limited accuracy in pricing and availability
Inconsistent or incomplete results in some cases

Use it for:

Testing request and response structure
Building and validating your integration
To create an end-to-end integration to request production access

Important: Sandbox should not be used to validate real-world pricing or availability.

Production

Production access is also not enabled by default and requires approval.

Access must be activated by the Nuitee team due to:

Provider restrictions
Stricter rate limits
Commercial considerations

You may be asked to provide:

Your use case
Expected usage or traffic
Access or proof of a working sandbox integration

How to request access

Flights access is enabled on request. The following require explicit enablement:

Sandbox access
Production access
Flights support in Whitelabel

To get access:

Go to the liteAPI dashboard
Use the Request Assistance feature
Submit a ticket requesting Flights access

Include:

Your use case
Whether you need sandbox access, production access, or Whitelabel access.

Note: A sandbox API integration must be completed before production API access will be granted.

Common Issues

I don’t have access to Flights endpoints

Flights access has not been enabled. Submit a request through the dashboard.

The data looks incorrect or incomplete

This is expected behavior in sandbox. Please try a different route.

I can’t access production

Production access must be requested and approved. Submit a request through the dashboard.

Flights are not showing in Whitelabel

Flights has not been enabled for your Whitelabel configuration.

It asks for a credit line when I try to book a flight

Flights currently only supports booking via credit. Support for SDK-based booking flows is in development.

Next Steps

Request sandbox access to begin development
Build your integration using Flights endpoints as listed in our API Reference.
Request production access when you are ready to go live