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Notably, researchers examined the impact of schedules that airlines adjust to pad flight-time estimates with added time for anticipated delays.

And as airlines adjust their fleet mix to maximize per-flight revenues, mothballing many less fuel-efficient 50-seat regional jets, service at many midsize and smaller airports will continue to shrink.

Re "Blizzard, and Inflexibility, Knock Out Air Travel," by Joe Sharkey (On the Road column, Business Day, Dec. 28): As airlines adjust to a new economic environment by reducing capacity and flying with fuller planes, empty seats have become virtually nonexistent on domestic flights.

The number of available seats at the lowest possible fare fluctuates minute by minute as customers book or release reservations, as the airlines adjust the number of seats available in each "fare bucket," and as they add or remove sale fares.

He predicted travel delays at major airports in peak periods of up to 90 minutes because of the reduction in flight controllers, and said that as airlines adjusted to federal furloughs, flights were likely to be canceled and schedules changed.

The airlines adjusted ticketing websites and other web content over a period of about six months.

That includes the US's huge agricultural sector, which uses predictions to judge when to plant which crops; energy companies predicting demand and trying to generate the right amount of power to match; and ships and airlines adjusting their navigation around inclement weather.

Dan Elwell, the senior vice president for safety, security and operations at Airlines for America, the domestic airlines' trade association, said that it was too early to speculate on how airlines might adjust to possible cutbacks.

"At least airlines can adjust prices and routes," he said.

The results show that airlines may adjust types of aircraft, flight frequencies and flight routes, in response to hub airport noise charge policies, which may lead to changes in social costs, airport revenues, and weekly aircraft schedules.

Dr. Yeoh added that while the pods might help airlines easily adjust the number of seats required in each class by flight, cabin crew scheduling could be "quite a nightmare".