Flight selection method

1. A flight selection method executed by one or more computers, the method comprising:

receiving with said computers a flight search query;

generating flight data relating to flights with said computers in response to the search query;

electronically processing, aggregating and sorting the flight data producing-display data, the display data including flight representations of available flights on a single given route to a single ultimate destination, for a single given date;

displaying the display data in a chart on a display screen of a remote computer in accordance with a flight search query, the chart comprising flight representations representing respective flight trips for which tickets are available for purchase for the single given date with the same departure and arrival locations of the given route, the flight representations are arranged relative to a timeline in horizontal rows with at least one row including multiple flight representations where each flight representation in the same horizontal row is associated with the same fare type indicators and the fare type indicators are the available fares for each type of service, and at least one of the horizontal rows of the chart being associated with multiple fare type indicators.

2. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a connection indicator is displayed between two adjacent flight representations in a row to indicate a connecting flight.

3. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the length of the connection indicator corresponds to the time between adjacent flight representations and, when a mouse pointer or other input device is located in register with one of said adjacent flight representations or the connection indicator, information relating to the connecting flight is displayed on the display screen.

4. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each displayed flight representation is interactive so that a flight selection and an associated fare is selected using a mouse or other input device.

5. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein selecting the flight selection and associated fare comprises displaying a fare option box when a mouse pointer or other input device is located in register with a flight representation.

6. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fare option box includes selection buttons corresponding to respective fares and the flight selection is made when a selection button is selected.

7. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising displaying only the flight representation corresponding to the made flight selection.

8. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fare indicators is arranged in a row of ascending values.

9. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chart includes flight provider sections relating to respective flight providers, the flight provider sections being arranged in accordance with ascending minimum available fare.

10. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each flight provider section includes adjacent visible timescales aligned with the timeline wherein each timescale represents a respective time zone.

11. A flight selection method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a flight selection from the remote computer, the flight selection corresponding to a displayed flight representation; and

purchasing a flight ticket corresponding to the selected flight.

12. A web-server programmed to:

receive a flight search query;

generate flight data relating to flights in response to the search query; and

process flight data relating to flights to produce display data for displaying on a display screen of a remote computer, the display data including a chart with flight representations related to available flights on a single given route to a single ultimate destination for a single given date, the displayed flight representations representing respective flight trips for which tickets are available for purchase for the given date with the same departure and arrival locations of the given route, the flight representations are arranged relative to a timeline in horizontal rows with at least one row including multiple flight representations where each flight representation in the same horizontal row is associated with the same fare type indicators and the fare type indicators are the available fares for each type of service, and at least one of the horizontal rows being associated with multiple fare type indicators.