Airlines API

The Airlines API provides general and detailed fleet information for over 1,000 airlines from small, regional service providers to publicly-traded international carriers.

/v1/airlines

HTTP GET

Returns a list of up to 10 airline results.

Parameters

At least one of the following parameters must be provided:

icao (optional) - International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 3-character airline code.

iata (optional) - International Air Transport Association (IATA) 2-character airline code.

name (optional) - airline name. This parameter supports partial matching (e.g. United will match United Airlines)

Headers

X-Api-Key (required) - API Key associated with your account.

Sample Request URL

Live Demo!

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airlines?name=

Sample Response

[
  {
    "iata": "SQ",
    "icao": "SIA",
    "fleet": {
      "A359": 59,
      "A388": 17,
      "B38M": 15,
      "B738": 9,
      "B744": 7,
      "B772": 1,
      "B773": 2,
      "B77W": 27,
      "B78X": 18,
      "total": 155
    },
    "logo_url": "https://api-ninjas.com/images/airline_logos/singapore_airlines.jpg",
    "name": "Singapore Airlines"
  }
]

import requests
name = 'Lufthansa'
api_url = 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airlines?name={}'.format(name)
response = requests.get(api_url, headers={'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'})
if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
    print(response.text)
else:
    print("Error:", response.status_code, response.text)
var name = 'Lufthansa'
$.ajax({
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airlines?name=' + name,
    headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'},
    contentType: 'application/json',
    success: function(result) {
        console.log(result);
    },
    error: function ajaxError(jqXHR) {
        console.error('Error: ', jqXHR.responseText);
    }
});
const request = require('request');
var name = 'Lufthansa';
request.get({
  url: 'https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airlines?name=' + name,
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
}, function(error, response, body) {
  if(error) return console.error('Request failed:', error);
  else if(response.statusCode != 200) return console.error('Error:', response.statusCode, body.toString('utf8'));
  else console.log(body)
});
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

URL url = new URL("https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airlines?name=Lufthansa");
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setRequestProperty("accept", "application/json");
InputStream responseStream = connection.getInputStream();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(responseStream);
System.out.println(root.path("fact").asText());
let name = "Lufthansa".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
let url = URL(string: "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/airlines?name="+name!)!
var request = URLRequest(url: url)
request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) {(data, response, error) in
    guard let data = data else { return }
    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}
task.resume()

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.