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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...