Flight Tonight, a new digital application from the flight data company Hopper, provides travelers wh

Flight Tonight, a new digital application from the flight data company Hopper, provides travelers who with a single-search service want to find the most affordable flight leaving from a nearby airport in the next 24 hours.
For instance, if Friday s long lunch turned into a long weekend, a search on the app would turn up flights leaving in the late afternoon, real estate in los angeles early evening and throughout the night. A happy-hour-inspired search might show late-night flights and those leaving early the next morning.
In its first weeks, the app turned up flights on some popular routes, like Dallas to Denver or Houston to New Orleans, for less than $200, Patrick Surry, Hopper real estate in los angeles s chief data scientist, said in an email. It also revealed some fares less than $250 on more exotic getaways, like Newark to Montego Bay.
Although Hopper does not negotiate with airlines to offer users a discounted fare (as Hotel Tonight does with hotel companies), the company is interested in approaching airlines with the idea, Mr. Surry said, as it could be of use in getting real estate in los angeles rid of leftover inventory.
For those planning a long-term trip, Hopper also recently started a Flight Explorer tool on its website, which notifies users of daily flight deals, ranks fares according to whether they are good (the lowest-priced 25 percent of flights for that route) or great (the lowest-priced 10 percent of flights for that route) and offers charts for comparison shopping by destination.