Kiwi.com
Kiwi.com (formerly known as skypicker.com ) is a global tourist metasearch engine and online service for searching air tickets and ground transport. It was founded in 2012 in Czechia. The search engine focuses on connecting flights of airlines that do not normally cooperate with each other. Thanks to a unique algorithm, the company allows the combination of transport of more than 750 carriers. It also offers and connects not only flights, but also trains or buses. Today Kiwi.com receives more than 100 million searches per day and an average of 33,000 tickets are sold per day through the search engine.
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Formerly | SkyPicker.com |
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| Industry | Online travel agency |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Oliver Dlouhý |
| Headquarters | Brno, Czech Republic |
| Revenue |  CZK 17.2 bn.[1] (2021) |
| CZK -0.3 bn.[1] (2021) | |
| Total assets |  CZK 1.6 bn.[1] (2021) |
| Total equity | CZK -0.9 bn.[1] (2021) |
| Owner | General Atlantic (53.5 %)[2] Oliver Dlouhý (22.4 %)[2] |
| Website | www |
Kiwi.com is headquartered in Brno.
History
The internet portal skypicker.com was created in 2011. Its founder is Oliver Dlouhý.[3] The next year in April, the company SkyPicker.com s.r.o. was founded. In the fall of 2013, the capital was increased, Touzimsky Airlines paid 5 million crowns for a 20% share. In mid-May 2016, the portal was renamed Kiwi.com, and the company operating the portal was also renamed.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Annual report of Kiwi.com s.r.o. for calendar year 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Company register at or.justice.cz, company ID 29352886, Kiwi.com s.r.o., Netherlands-registered General Atlantic PH11 B.V. owns 53.5 %, accessed 2019-10-10
- ↑ "Expremiér Nečas, Kiwi.com i strojaři: se Zemanem letí do Číny desítky zástupců českých firem | E15.cz". web.archive.org. 2017-05-11. Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Rozjetý český Skypicker mění název na Kiwi, za doménu dal 19 milionů". iDNES.cz (in čeština). 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2022-12-26.