Smart Search Intro

The greatest value of Smart Search for customers is that it allows them to gain access to a greater and more complete range of shipping route resources.

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What is Smart Search?

The greatest value of Smart Search for customers is that it allows them to gain access to a greater and more complete range of shipping route resources.

Currently, when customers search for routes on Atlas, we return cached data that is pre-collected based on customer needs via APIs or HTML scraping.

To balance the airline's L2B requirements with traffic costs, we cannot cover all supported routes and booking windows.

This is where ​Smart Search comes into play. It dynamically fetches real-time data from airlines, ensuring comprehensive coverage of routes and availability within the booking window, while optimizing costs and resource efficiency.

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Introduction to the Working Principle of Smart Search

When a customer searches for a route or date, the system first attempts to return data from the cache.

Simultaneously, for routes that are not within our cached data but fall within the overall routes and booking windows of the airlines we support, the system will initiate a direct search. This involves making real-time data requests to the airline's API or through HTML scraping.

Customers can select, based on their business characteristics, the maximum waiting interval within which they expect the data to be returned.

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Suitable Customer Scenarios for Smart Search

1. ​Improved Coverage for Cache Gaps

   • Supports real-time search for booking windows and routes not covered or failed in cache collection

   • Enhances search result rate and overall coverage

2. ​Cost Optimization for Low-Demand Routes

   • Replaces cached data with real-time search for low-demand routes and booking windows

   • Reduces L2B (Lowest Fare to Book) costs effectively

3. ​Supplier-Specific Configurations

   • Allows configuration to use direct search instead of cache for specific suppliers (e.g., Baosheng)

   • Achieves L2B cost reduction through real-time API access

4. ​Pre-Sale Fare Comparison

   • Enables ultra-low-traffic real-time search for fare comparison on flight decks

   • Improves coverage for pre-sale scenarios