Is there any flight search website that allows to exclude results with layovers in certain countries?
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1Does this answer your question? Searches that exclude particular transit airports– Kate GregoryCommented Nov 17, 2020 at 13:58
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@Kate Gregory it doesn't, because the question is about countries rather than airports.– user626528Commented Nov 17, 2020 at 17:39
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The only site I know with remotely close functionality is ITA Matrix (http://matrix.itasoftware.com). There, you can use "Advanced routing codes" to specify certain airports (though not countries) to not transit through.
Edit: Apparently there is a way to use certain countries! See https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/162397 below
Let's say you're going from San Francisco to Delhi, but for whatever reason, would like to avoid China, Japan, and Korea. Off the top of my head, I know that the major hubs in China, Japan, and Korea are ICN (Seoul Incheon), NRT (Tokyo Narita), PEK (Beijing), PVG (Shanghai), HKG (Hong Kong). We can use advanced routing codes to exclude these:
The results predictably go through Europe rather than Asia (e.g., through Munich, Istanbul):
If you missed any airports the first go-around, you can go back and add them to the search filters. Once you have a result that you'd like to book, copy and paste it into BookWithMatrix to book the ITA Matrix itinerary.
In ITA Matrix there is an advanced routing code for filtering entire countries. Just enter ~l:nUS+ in the routing codes section to avoid layovers in USA for example.
This is where you enter the routing code.
These are the results without any routing code.
These are the results when specifying no layovers in USA.
answered Feb 4, 2021 at 18:35
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That's great. Thanks. How do I exclude several countries? Commented Jul 25, 2021 at 15:30
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It seems like the following code would exclude both USA and Canada. ~l:nCA,nUS* Commented Jul 27, 2021 at 9:03
Google flights gives you a list of transfer airports it has found and lets you include/exclude them from your search.
Unfortuately it doesn't tell you what countries those airports are in or offer a quick way to (de)-select all the airports in a given country. So excluding all the options in a country like the US may take a fair bit of effort.
answered Oct 29, 2018 at 19:06
Yes, Kiwi.com allows you to exclude countries. After you search for flights on your desired dates, you can apply a filter. Click on “All filters” near the top of the page, you will find a list of countries under “Exclude countries”. Here, you can check any countries you do not want to travel through.
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Just be aware that Kiwi.com has a very poor reputation in case of problems with your flights and sells (almost) impossible self connects.– Willeke ♦Commented Aug 22 at 8:16
I don't know about excluding particular layover countries. However, some sites will let you pick only certain airlines. I believe these option will let you filter out some countries.
For example, a flight search on https://www.travelocity.com/ will let you do the basic search (from, to, and dates) and then let you restrict the search to specific airlines; whether the routing is direct, 1 stop or 2+ stops; and whether the depart/arrive times are morning, afternoon or evening.
Similar options are available with https://www.kayak.co.uk, https://www.expedia.com and probably elsewhere as well.
