Getting Access to Flights
The Flights API allows you to search, price, and book flights through Nuitee Connect.
Flights is part of Nuitee Connect’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.
- Data does not mirror production
- Data is quite limited in sandbox--Use E2E (Nuitee Air) for best results
- 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 Nuitee Connect Whitelabel product, but they are not enabled by default. You must request access.
Environments
Flights supports two environments:
- Sandbox
- Production
Sandbox
Sandbox access is enabled by default for accounts and uses the same sandbox key as hotels.
What to expect:
- Non-production flight data
- Limited accuracy in pricing and availability
- Inconsistent or incomplete results in some cases
- It is HIGHLY recommended to test with the test E2E (Nuitee Air) provider, which has better sandbox data than other providers.
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 not enabled by default and requires approval. You must have activated production for your account to be approved for flights production access.
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:
- Production access
- Flights support in Whitelabel
To get access:
- Go to the Nuitee Connect dashboard
- Use the Request Assistance feature
- Submit a ticket requesting Flights access
- Specify if you would like Whitelabel access; otherwise, only API access is enabled.
Include:
- Your use case
- Whether you need production or Whitelabel access.
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.
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
Updated 13 days ago