Reviewed last week, the Scottish based Skyscanner has achieved five million downloads of its "Flight Search" application. Over the three major platforms (iOS, Android, and Windows Phone), that's a lot of people looking for cheap flights around Europe and the world, and a lot of eyeballs for Skyscanner to monetise.

Barry Smith, Skyscanner's Mobile Director:

“The popularity of the Skyscanner apps has surpassed our expectations and we expect to see traffic to our apps exceed traffic to the main website at some point in the near future. More and more people are now accessing the web via their phones and we’ve brought the full functionally of Skyscanner to the smart phone and tablet world with apps that find users the cheapest flights, fast.”

It's always nice to see a mobile success story, and even better when it's one that's not born in Silicon Valley!