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✈️ We just launched Ava — your personal flight co-pilot on WhereFlight!

A few days ago, I shared about WhereFlight.com

👉 https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-took-this-website-from-30-rank-on-google-search-to-top-10-550fd65c57

— a flight tracking platform I built to make travel simpler and more human.

Today, I’m excited to introduce Ava, our new intelligent travel assistant 🧠

Ava isn’t just another chatbot — she has full flight context, knows where you’re going, and helps you discover local attractions, dining spots, and things to do right from the flight tracking page.

💬 You can ask Ava things like:
• “When does EK540 land?”
• “Any good restaurants near Dubai Airport?”
• “What can I explore if I arrive early?”

Ava turns flight tracking into a personalized travel experience — and it’s now live for everyone on WhereFlight.com
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🚀 We’re also launching on Product Hunt today — would love your feedback and thoughts!

Curious — if you travel often, what’s one thing that always feels stressful before or after a flight?

posted to Icon for group Building in Public
Building in Public
on October 13, 2025
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    Congrats on launching Ava! The concept of contextual travel assistance during flight tracking is smart.
    Quick UX thought: Since Ava already handles natural language for questions, why not extend that to the main search bar too?
    Instead of requiring flight numbers like "EK540", let users type things like:

    • "Flight from Dubai to London tomorrow"
    • "Emirates to JFK departing now"
    • "Paris to Tokyo on October 15"
      Then parse it into the actual flight search. Would make discovery way more intuitive, especially for people who don't have a flight number yet but want to track someone arriving.
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      Very intriguing thought — I’ll explore this direction a bit more. Thanks for the valuable input!

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    Big congrats on shipping your platform! It looks great. But I'm just curious, what marketing approach worked best for your launch?

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      Currently, no marketing as such. Posting on Product Hunt was a great thing though. And also improving seo worked out.

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    I get it. Building Ava’s intelligent UX is a serious win, and I know the grind of launching something this polished.

    But chasing vanity metrics and vague traveler pain points is leaving revenue on the table, disconnected from a real financial goal. You’ve got intelligence, but no predictable revenue funnel.

    Pivot now: weaponize Ava’s personalized outputs, like local dining recommendations, into micro-offers tied to a Conversion Certainty Sequence with a travel partner.

    How are you turning those responses into referral revenue that justifies the engineering?

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