Will my website show budget airlines as well as the big ones when my customers search for flights?

Yes, budget airlines can appear in your flight results alongside the bigger carriers, but how many of them you get depends on the suppliers connected to your plan.

Flight content reaches a travel website in more than one way. The large reservation systems carry most traditional airlines, and those come through easily once your account is live. Many low cost carriers sit outside those systems and have to be connected on their own, either directly or through a supplier that collects a group of them together. So the list of budget airlines you see is really the list your particular supplier covers, and that varies from one region to another. A well known carrier in Asia or the Gulf may be included while a smaller operator somewhere else is not, or the other way round.

It also helps to know that these bookings do not always behave like the rest. Payment is usually taken straight away with no option to hold the seat, baggage and seat selection are often sold as paid extras rather than being part of the fare, and changes or refunds follow the airline's own rules, which can be stricter. For some carriers your team may still have to deal with the airline directly for a change, rather than doing everything from your own screen, so it is worth knowing which ones work that way before a customer asks.

The practical next step is to ask us which airlines are covered by the content on your plan, then run a few test searches on the routes your customers fly most and compare what comes back with what you expect to sell.