Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for dynamically pricing charter air charter services. The invention receives information regarding a traveler's itinerary, develops a demand forecast, matches the demand and dynamically adjusts pricing based upon the received information. The invention also provides a series of methodologies that minimize flight costs through efficient excess capacity allocation, demand modeling, forecasting and matching techniques.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2001
Publication date:
November 22, 2001
Applicant:
FlightTime Corporation
Inventors:
Ramazan Demir, David E. McCown, Robert H. McBride, Fatih Usta, John W. Scott