Patent ID: 8589193
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing availability data for a plurality of aircraft, each capable of operating at least one flight in a flight schedule; publishing the flight schedule to a computer flight system that allows users of the computer flight system to purchase available seats from a plurality of flights contained in the published flight schedule, the plurality of flights including a number of flights that is greater than a number of possible flights that may be flown by the plurality of aircraft; receiving an indication of a booking on a first aircraft flight of the plurality of flights; determining, via a data processing system, that the booking causes a change in an availability for an aircraft of the plurality of aircraft capable of operating a second aircraft flight of the plurality of flights in the published flight schedule that has no prior bookings; and instructing the computer flight system to modify an operational status of the second aircraft flight while the second aircraft flight is in the published flight schedule in order that the second aircraft flight will not operate via instructing the computer flight system to remove all available seats from the second aircraft flight.