Passengers may change to flights on Oct. 26, 27 and 28 or Nov. 1, 2, 3 or 4.

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And once airlines see the potential impact of these furloughs, we expect that they will change their schedules and cancel flights.

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JetBlue Airlines allowed travelers with Friday flights to or from Boston to change them without incurring fees or fare differences for travel through Monday.

CNN: Boston transit shut down; airport open

Unless there is drastic change we will see a rash of rationing of permitted flights, which will mean higher ticket prices, less economic productivity and a surge in passenger temperatures, which alone will bring on Al Gore's dreaded global warming.

FORBES: Avoiding More Air Travel Turbulence

JetBlue has waived change fees and fare differentials for travelers flying Friday through Sunday for flights involving a dozen Northeast airports.

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With 3.3 billion flights expected to be made by individual travellers in 2014 and the growing challenge of climate change, green aeroplanes can't take off soon enough.

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