It’s been a while since Google did one of its “experiments” around its Flight Search – but this latest one is quite a departure from what has come before it.
In short: Google Flight Explorer, the new feature seen today for the first time, lets users select a departure airport and a region or city and then serves them ideas for places to go.
Each search result is linked to the usual Flight Search page, but beforehand the user can hover their mouse over a graph to check prices for multiple (US-only, inevitably) carriers to that destination.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/12/13/news/google-tests-flight-explorer-platform-to-bring-inspiration-into-the-search-equation/