Real-time flight search with sub-second response times
A distributed flight search that queries 200+ airlines and returns results in under 800ms.
- Client
- AeroConnect
- Industry
- Travel Technology
- Location
- London, UK
- Timeline
- 6 months
- Team
- 4 people
- Search response
- 800ms
- Airlines integrated
- 200+
- Searches a month
- 5M+
- API call success
- 99.5%
The challenge
- Aggregating 200+ airline APIs with very different response times
- Handling rate limits and API failures gracefully
- Live price updates without overwhelming the frontend
Our approach
- Parallel API orchestration with circuit breakers
- Caching with TTL-based invalidation
- WebSockets for live price streaming
The result
- Average search response under 800ms
- 99.5% API call success with fallbacks
- 5M+ searches processed every month
- Services delivered
- API integrationBackend developmentReal-time systems
- Technology
- Laravel WebSocketsRedisNDCGDS
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