Question

Jim Bob Airlines has one 61 seat plane. On its last five flights it had 40 passengers from MSY to DFW, 35 passengers from DFW to OKL, 43 passengers from OKL to TUL, 38 passengers from TUL to FWB, and 35 passengers from FWB to MSY. For the last five flights, what was the load factor? (Make sure your answer is accurate to one decimal place)

Answer 1

62.6

Step-by-step explanation:

For determining the load factor, first, we have to calculate the average which is shown below:

= (Number of passengers from MSY to DFW + Number of passengers from DFW to OKL + Number of passengers from OKL to TUL + Number of passengers from TUL to FWB + Number of passengers from FWB to MSY) ÷ (Total number of flights)

= (40 + 35 + 43 + 38 + 35) ÷ (5)

= 38.2

Now the load factor would be

= Average ÷ Number of seat plane

= 38.2 ÷ 61

= 62.6