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>"The downside is that, if airlines are unable to resell unused seats, more flights will fly partially empty, reducing overall efficiency of the industry" You
by bogomipz 9y ago
>"The downside is that, if airlines are unable to resell unused seats, more flights will fly partially empty, reducing overall efficiency of the industry"
You are talking about load factor and its not so much an issue any more. See:
http://atwonline.com/airline-traffic/top-30-airlines-passenger-load-factor-year-date-july-2017 http://atwonline.com/airline-traffic/top-30-airlines-passeng...
- URSpider94 9y agoPart of the reason those load factors are so high is that airlines are allowed to oversell capacity, to help ensure that as many seats as possible are occupied.
- bogomipz 9y agoInteresting my understanding was that they were influencing load factor simply by scaling back the number of flights per day on a certain routes. Might you have any links? I imagine as someone else also pointed out that this venture being discussed here will ultimately used to oversell even more.