canada 1998 founder naman budheo website flightnetwork.com flightnetwork is a canadian online travel agency website . contents 1 history 2 website 3 studies 4 references 5 external links history edit flightnetwork was founded in 1998 by naman budhdeo who started the company with one part time employee 1 in oakville ontario . 2 in 2005 the company relaunched itself as flightnetwork.com in order to compete more directly in the online travel agency market . 3 it also provides a mobile app in addition to desktop web access . 4 in 2012 a french language version of the site was added . 5 website edit flightnetwork sells airline tickets hotel room reservations car rentals travel packages and other travel services . 6 the company has also lowered the price of gasoline for automobiles at gas stations in toronto ontario as a part of their promotional efforts . 7 flightnetwork was the second most visited travel website in canada starting around 2009 with a five percent market share as of 2011 . that year the company had four offices two in canada and two in india and employed 260 people . 1 6 8 in 2010 flightnetwork became the online travel search engine for msn.com . 9 the company has an unlimited price drop protection which refunds to the purchaser the difference between the initial purchase price of travel services and any lower price that may arise before the time of use . 6 studies edit the company has also released studies regarding international travel . for example in 2010 flightnetwork produced a study based on its sales data for maclean s magazine to determine the upward trend in flight tickets costs in the 2000s . 10 in 2013 a study showed that flag jacking resulted in a material difference in the service travelers receive depending on the nationality represented by their chosen false flag . 11 they also take online surveys of their website visitors to determine the ranking of different travel related subjects like airports or travel destinations 12 13 and the company has released lists of the top travel bloggers nationally in canada . 14 references edit a b cathryn atkinson . naman budhdeo 38 helps people make online travel plans . globe and mail . flightnetwork profile . businessweek . retrieved july 25 2014 . flightnetwork campaign . retrieved july 25 2014 . flight network delivers mobile apps for canada . tnooz . retrieved july 25 2014 . airport news europe . airguide online . november 5 2012 . a b c travel top 5 most visited travel booking websites . retrieved july 25 2014 . kelly gadzala august 3 2011 spotted flight network deflates prices at the pump travel insurance is the best way to handle h1n1 related trip cancellations airlines say . canadian underwriter . retrieved july 25 2014 . canadian travel search results on msn to be powered by flightnetwork.com . m2 best books . november 8 2010 . jason kirby december 5 2010 . sky high airfares airlines are booming again and that s bad news for holiday fliers . karla cripps july 29 2013 . how to pretend you re canadian when you travel . cnn . alex nino gheciu may 8 2012 . pearson international is canada s worst airport again . national post . summer s so dreamy . winnipeg free press . july 13 2012 . flightnetwork.com picks top canadian travel bloggers . airline industry information . august 21 2013 . external links edit flightnetwork.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flightnetwork & oldid 738395601 categories 1998 establishments in ontariotravel agenciescompanies based in oakville ontariointernet properties established in 1998online travel agencies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 18 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view