Google has officially launched the Flights service today in Australia that lists available flights between global destinations.

Users can search for queries such as "flights to Hobart", or access the service directly via google.com.au/flights, delivering cached but current results at snappy speeds.

Details offered in results include price, airline, duration and stopovers, similar to existing web services such as Skyscanner and KAYAK.

A notification bar offers tips such as cheaper deals on nearby days or alternative airport options.

The service also offers the Explore function, where users can make customised searches for wider travel time frames and regions. Results offer information about flights as well as destinations and hotels, which could easily be monetized.

If you already use either Gmail or Google Photos, the company probably knows about your holidays through reservation confirmation emails or geotagged image locations anyway. 

However Flights will give the data-hungry company quick access to flight shopping behaviour of users - valuable information in the lucrative travel market.

The writer travelled to nowhere as a guest of no-one.