A side-by-side look at the Aviasales Flight Prices and Notch MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Aviasales Flight Prices for travel & transportation work as a local process; choose Notch for multimedia process over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AVIASALES_API_TOKEN, AVIASALES_MARKET.search_flights, get_prices_calendar, get_flexible_date_prices.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | A Aviasales Flight Prices | N Notch |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Travel & Transportation | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 45/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | AVIASALES_API_TOKENAVIASALES_MARKET | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 14 | — |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 26 views 12 installs 6 upvotes |
| Tools | 13 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Aviasales Flight Prices | View Notch |
search_flightsPrices between two cities on a date or across a month (v3/prices_for_dates)get_prices_calendarPrices grouped by day or month — the cheapest day to flyget_flexible_date_pricesPrices for the days around your dates — "would shifting a day be cheaper?"get_latest_pricesMost recently found fares, optionally filtered by routeget_popular_directionsWhere travellers reach a destination **fromget_city_directionsCheapest destinations reachable **from** a city — inspiration searchget_alternative_directionsPrices for nearby airports/citiessearch_by_price_rangeFlights inside a budget; omit the destination to search anywhere (no date filter — the endpoint ignores one)lookup_airlinesAirlines by name or IATA codelookup_airportsAirports by name, IATA code, or city codelookup_citiesCities by name or IATA code — turn a city name into a codelookup_countriesCountries by name or codeNo tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"aviasales-flight-prices": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"aviasales-mcp"
],
"env": {
"AVIASALES_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_AVIASALES_API_TOKEN_HERE",
"AVIASALES_MARKET": "YOUR_AVIASALES_MARKET_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"notch": {
"url": "https://app.usenotch.ai/mcp/setup"
}
}
}