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Re: Flighty Airports

#131

Post by bodhiJhawken »

HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #127

I'm not sure the use case for this. It seems the information provided is just number of on-time/delayed/cancelled flights, but how is the user meant to use that information? Check before booking flight and choose another airport it it has more on-time flights? I think most people are just going to fly out of the nearest/most convenient airport and hope for the best. I was hoping this might have information about leng…

Flighty is generally built around supporting your flight experience. I’m a touring lighting designer, and I spend a fairly large portion of my life in the air. Myself and most other touring crew I know adore Flighty. We get precious few hours to sleep, and being able to sleep in a few extra hours due to delays or spend an extra 30 minutes in the lounge eating and showing makes the difference between a good show and a bad show.

Flighty has 99% of the time notified me about issues before airlines have. In a couple situations it’s been more than 6 hours ahead of airline communication and I can personally speak to the amount of shows myself and my artists have been able to make because of an early notification about a delay or cancellation giving us enough time to reroute before everyone else rebooks.

Also the flighty passport has some amazing data and stats we all love to share with each other every year.

The new update just looks to add another tool to the flighty tool belt to keep me appraised of how likely I am to make it to my next show. Jury is still out on how good the data is though!

Re: Flighty Airports

#132

Post by malfist »

bodhiJhawken wrote: post #131
HarHarVeryFunny wrote: post #127

I'm not sure the use case for this. It seems the information provided is just number of on-time/delayed/cancelled flights, but how is the user meant to use that information? Check before booking flight and choose another airport it it has more on-time flights? I think most people are just going to fly out of the nearest/most convenient airport and hope for the best. I was hoping this might have information about leng…

Flighty is generally built around supporting your flight experience. I’m a touring lighting designer, and I spend a fairly large portion of my life in the air. Myself and most other touring crew I know adore Flighty. We get precious few hours to sleep, and being able to sleep in a few extra hours due to delays or spend an extra 30 minutes in the lounge eating and showing makes the difference between a good show and a…

You created this account 14 minutes prior to this post. Forgive me if I don't trust your testimonials. Feels very astroturf

Re: Flighty Airports

#133

Post by jt2190 »

Esophagus4 wrote: post #16
jt2190 wrote: post #11

I was thinking this was something to help estimate the time to get through airport security. It's still very cool, though. I love the TV mode!

MyTSA has that (or… I presume will have that again once TSA is back online). Individual airports also may have wait times on their website, but results can vary.

Yeah, I think that flighty already aggregates various data sources to predict flight delays, I thought maybe they were expanding to include security wait times.

Re: Flighty Airports

#134

Post by bodhiJhawken »

malfist wrote: post #132
bodhiJhawken wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flighty is generally built around supporting your flight experience. I’m a touring lighting designer, and I spend a fairly large portion of my life in the air. Myself and most other touring crew I know adore Flighty. We get precious few hours to sleep, and being able to sleep in a few extra hours due to delays or spend an extra 30 minutes in the lounge eating and showing makes the difference between a good show and a…

You created this account 14 minutes prior to this post. Forgive me if I don't trust your testimonials. Feels very astroturf

Haha i knew i was going to get this reply. Long time lurker first time poster. My instagram backs up the story @bodhihawken

Honestly have just been using Flighty for 4 years

Re: Flighty Airports

#135

Post by ipsento606 »

ymolodtsov wrote: post #104
friendzis wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It means it's strictly unavailable for ~80% of people out there on Windows/Linux/Android?

I've seen many developers who released the same app on both iOS and Android and realized that Apple platforms still provide them with 80% of revenue for 20% of users. Not that many people on Android are willing to pay $60 for an app.

Developing for Android is also a much worse developer experience than developing for iOS, because there are thousands of devices to support, and much greater stratification of operating system customizations and older versions.

https://dontkillmyapp.com/ is just one example of the kind of problems app developers face on Android

Re: Flighty Airports

#136

Post by dneri »

Flighty is easily my favorite iOS app. I fly 10-20 times a year, mostly recreationally, and have come to rely on Flighty for travel updates, tracking my partners flights, and general stats through their Passport feature. Beautifully designed, and it just seems like they’ve really thought through every feature. It’s the gold standard for apps.

Re: Flighty Airports

#137

Post by kimos »

barbs wrote: post #120
woadwarrior01 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Subscriptions on the iOS app. Per SensorTower, it's making ~$1m/month. https://app.sensortower.com/overview/1358823008?country=US

Makes me wonder then why they can't afford a team of Android developers to make the Android version.

Because they don’t want to?

It’s not just about money. It’s complexity, company size, management, etc.. Loss of focus by having to build a new app from ground up. Features and improvements take longer as they have to be done twice. Parity problems. Support debt. Maintaining multiple versions of the same app isn’t just “hire more”.

As you agreed with, they are successful. Maybe they’re happy with that.

Re: Flighty Airports

#138

Post by kimos »

nemothekid wrote: post #81
culopatin wrote: post #69

How does an app like this make money? I made an app that I simply can’t promote because it would bankrupt me. Every person I share it with thinks it’s genius and been using it but if it ever hits critical mass without me knowing it, id be those guys with the “my cloud provider reamed me overnight” posts.

I use the Flighty app pretty often, and its $60/year.

This app brings me so much delight. Seeing the incoming plane, knowing % chance of onetime or late.

Honestly I often know changes from Flighty for my flights before the airlines do or at least before they notify me. I had once my carrier said on time and Flighty said 90 mins delay. I went to the airport on time and turns out flight was delayed. Should have just trusted them!

Re: Flighty Airports

#139

Post by avalys »

barbs wrote: post #120
woadwarrior01 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Subscriptions on the iOS app. Per SensorTower, it's making ~$1m/month. https://app.sensortower.com/overview/1358823008?country=US

Makes me wonder then why they can't afford a team of Android developers to make the Android version.

It’s not that they can’t afford it, it’s that Android users aren’t worth the investment.

Re: Flighty Airports

#140

Post by [deleted] »

bodhiJhawken wrote: post #134
malfist wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You created this account 14 minutes prior to this post. Forgive me if I don't trust your testimonials. Feels very astroturf

Haha i knew i was going to get this reply. Long time lurker first time poster. My instagram backs up the story @bodhihawken Honestly have just been using Flighty for 4 years

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