Flight Booking and Reservation System

📌 Project Description

The Flight Booking and Reservation System is a full-stack web application that enables users to search, compare, and book flights seamlessly. Key features include:

• ✈️ Real-time flight search with filters (date, route, passengers)
• 🛒 Booking management (view/cancel/modify reservations)
• 💳 Secure payment processing
• 📧 Automated email/SMS notifications
• 📊 Admin analytics dashboard

Built with modern web technologies to deliver a responsive, user-friendly experience.

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

Backend

Libraries

• Express Validator

Integrations

• Payment: Stripe/PayPal

• Flight Data: Amadeus API

• Notifications: Twilio (SMS), Nodemailer (Email)

• Aviation Stack - for real-time flight data

• Data from Our Airports - for airport (airports.csv) and country (countries.csv) data

🚀 Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥16
• MongoDB Atlas account
• API keys for payment/flight services

Setup Guide

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/flight-booking-system.git
   

2. Configure environment variables:

   # server/.env
   MONGODB_URI=your_connection_string
   JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
   STRIPE_KEY=your_stripe_key
   

3. Install dependencies:

   cd client && npm install
   cd ../server && npm install
   

4. Run the application:

   # Backend
   cd server && npm start
   
   # Frontend
   cd client && npm start
   

🌐 Deployment

Deployment Steps:

1. Connect GitHub repo to Netlify
2. Set build command: npm run build
3. Deploy backend on Render with environment variables

✨ Key Features

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Note: This project was developed for educational purposes. Commercial use requires proper licensing of integrated APIs.