Load factor is a measure of capacity utilization. It indicates the percentage of total capacity that is utilized by an airline. Since airlines are capital intensive and have high fixed costs, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Demand in August for air travel continued to increase, with the month's load factor at 86.2 percent, up 1.6 percentage points and a new high for the month, according to the latest data from the ...