Chinese online travel platform Fliggy, an Alibaba Group subsidiary, has made two moves in quick succession: opening up its travel inventory to AI agent developers via a new open-source skill, and enabling actual travel bookings through an AI interface for the first time.
Fliggy, the travel division of Alibaba Group, has launched “flyai”, an open-source travel skill built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard, now live on ClawHub and GitHub. It covers the full travel stack including flights, hotels, attractions, ground transport, leisure activities, flight passes and hotel packages, from initial planning through to booking.
The skill works with major Claw applications including Kimi Claw, QClaw, MaxClaw and ArkClaw, as well as agent platforms QoderWork and Wukong. No account setup on Fliggy’s platform is required as it’s plug-and-play.
Within days of launch, “flyai” picked up over 100 GitHub Stars and ranked among the top travel skills by install volume on ClawHub. Fliggy is also rolling it out progressively into the skill stores of Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and Honor.
For developers, the practical use cases include building themed travel products, corporate travel management agents (covering transport, accommodation, dining and more), and lightweight consumer apps, without having to build payment flows or complex algorithms from scratch.
AI bookings are now live
Alongside the developer push, Fliggy has confirmed that its AI interface can now process bookings, not just assist with planning. This is powered by Alibaba’s Qwen App, which handled over 200 million AI-native shopping orders during the recent Chinese Spring Festival period.
The results during Spring Festival were notable. Fliggy’s overall AI orders jumped 800%, with attraction ticket bookings up more than 24-fold. Conversion rates for air tickets, train tickets and attraction tickets are now reportedly on par with traditional OTAs that have been operating for decades.
Dr. Alex Chen, Fliggy’s Chief Technology Officer, framed the shift plainly: “Consumers are moving from using AI just for search to actually using AI to execute tasks.” He added that Qwen now integrates core services across Alibaba’s ecosystem, including Taobao, Alipay and Amap, allowing users to complete travel bookings through natural language, with travel increasingly bundled alongside shopping, food delivery and entertainment.
Wider context
This follows Fliggy’s announcement late last year that it was the first Chinese online travel player to adopt a multi-agent approach to AI product development. Throughout 2025 the company launched a series of AI tools, including consumer travel assistant “AskMe” and an AI solution from its business travel arm AliBtrip. European travel partners have already started integrating these products to target Chinese outbound tourists.
Dozens of destinations and travel brands have partnered with Fliggy to explore AI collaborations, according to the company.
