Load factor is capacity utilization or the percentage of the total number of available seat miles (or ASM) occupied. Break-even load factor is the percentage of seats that have to be filled for the ...

ALGT posts strong November gains as traffic outpaces capacity, lifting load factor and boosting passenger volumes.

When industry analysts analyze an airline's profitability, one of the most important key performance indicators (KPIs), provides investors and observers with a large amount of insight into carrier ...

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH is entering 2026 with a strategically significant pivot centered on elevating Load Factors across its fleet. The company is deploying more short-Caribbean ...

In recent years, airlines have increased revenue by both expanding capacity and by selling a higher percentage of the seats available (load factor). Increased load factor is almost free money because ...

WASHINGTON -- All of the major U.S. airlines reported their May traffic numbers last week, and those people looking for the silver lining could find it in increased load factors for most of the ...

Finnair passenger load factors were record high in April. Traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, increased by 5.3% in April, while the capacity was down by 5.2%, resulting in a passenger load ...

Summer is here. That means even more packed planes and sweltering airports. If you think that airline flights are much more crowded than they used to be, you're not wrong. The passenger load factor ...

United Airlines' load factor came in above analyst predictions and at its highest level in at least six. Load factor measures the percentage of an airline's seating capacity that is filled with paying ...

IATA's most recent air freight market analysis, published 1-Oct-2014, said "The outlook for air freight markets has started to look better again", but it added that "the extent of future gains could ...