travelpayouts-mcp

Travelpayouts MCP — flight and hotel search for AI assistants

If you were looking for a way to have Claude or another AI assistant find the cheapest flight on a route, show a price calendar across flexible dates, resolve an airport or airline code or search hotels, this is it. 13 tools sit on the Travelpayouts (Aviasales) API: flight search, price calendars, hotel search, airport/airline/city lookup, direct routes and flexible date pricing.

Install

npm install -g @theyahia/travelpayouts-mcp

Or use directly with npx:

npx @theyahia/travelpayouts-mcp

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
TRAVELPAYOUTS_TOKEN	Yes	API token from Travelpayouts

Claude Desktop Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "travelpayouts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@theyahia/travelpayouts-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TRAVELPAYOUTS_TOKEN": "your-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools (13)

Flights (8)

Tool	Description
search_flights_prices	Search cheap flights by route, dates, and currency
get_cheapest_month	Find cheapest flights for an entire month
get_calendar_prices	Price calendar showing cheapest price per day
get_popular_directions	Popular flight directions from a city with prices
get_airline_directions	Routes served by a specific airline
get_special_offers	Current special flight deals across all routes
get_direct_routes	Search only non-stop flights between two cities
get_nearest_prices	Prices for ±N days around a target date (flexible travel)

Hotels (2)

Tool	Description
search_hotels	Search hotels by city with dates and guest count
get_hotel_prices	Get prices for a specific hotel by ID

Lookup (3)

Tool	Description
lookup_airports	Search/autocomplete airports by name or IATA code
lookup_airlines	Search airlines by name or IATA/ICAO code
lookup_cities	Search/autocomplete cities by name or IATA code

Auth

API token passed via X-Access-Token header or query parameter. Retries on 429 (rate limit) and 5xx (server errors) with exponential backoff.

Demo Prompts

1. "Find the cheapest flights from Moscow to Istanbul in June" Uses lookup_cities to resolve IATA codes, then get_cheapest_month to find the best deals for the month.

2. "What are the popular destinations from Saint Petersburg right now?" Uses get_popular_directions with origin LED to show trending routes and current prices.

3. "Search hotels in Sochi for July 10-17 for 2 adults, then find flights there from Moscow" Uses search_hotels for accommodation options, then search_flights_prices for matching flight dates.

4. "I want to fly Moscow → Dubai around March 15, but ±3 days is fine if it's cheaper" Uses get_nearest_prices to compare prices across 7 dates centered on March 15.

5. "Find only direct flights from Moscow to Minsk" Uses get_direct_routes with direct=true filter.

Development

npm install
npm run dev          # Run with tsx
npm test             # Run tests
npm run build        # Compile TypeScript

License

MIT

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