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Fundamentals » Load Factor vs Availability

Load Factor vs Availability

Modified November 22, 2017 | Created November 3, 2017 | Jeff Valair

Filed under Fundamentals

Advanced load factor and availability concepts come into play when there is either multiple legs or tiers defined.

Load Factor

  • Point in time snapshot of the physical loads
  • Crew uses these numbers to determine weight and balance
  • Is not concerned with the tier of the bookings, just the physical space required
  • Calculated for each leg of the journey

Availability

  • Maximum space available between two bookable points
  • Reservations uses these numbers to determine if a booking is possible
  • Availability is determined through calculations performed on overlapping routes and tier restrictions

Single leg

Schedules

  • Schedule #100 — 10 seats
    Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Tiers
    Regular
 Bookings

  • Regular
    8 – Los Angeles to Dallas
 Load Factor

  • Schedule #100
    8 / 10

Availability

  • Los Angeles to Dallas
    8 / 10 – Regular

Single leg with multiple tiers

Schedules

  • Schedule #100 — 10 seats
    Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Tiers
    Premium
    Regular
    Saver
 Bookings

  • Premium
    1 – Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Regular
    2 – Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Saver
    0 – Los Angeles to Dallas
 Load Factor

  • Schedule #100
    3 / 10

Availability

  • Los Angeles to Dallas
    1 / 8 – Premium
    2 / 9 – Regular
    0 / 7 – Saver

Multiple legs or connections

Schedules

  • Schedule #100 — 10 seats
    Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Schedule #200 — 20 seats
    Dallas to New York
  • Tiers
    Regular
 Bookings

  • Regular
    4 – Los Angeles to Dallas
    2 – Los Angeles to New York
    13 – Dallas to New York
 Load Factor

  • Schedule #100
    6 / 10
  • Schedule #200
    15 / 20

Availability

  • Los Angeles to Dallas
    4 / 8 – Regular
  • Los Angeles to New York
    2 / 6 – Regular
  • Dallas to New York
    13 / 18 – Regular

Multiple legs or connections with multiple tiers

Schedules

  • Schedule #100 — 10 seats
    Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Schedule #200 — 20 seats
    Dallas to New York
  • Tiers
    Premium
    Regular
    Saver
 Bookings

  • Premium
    1 – Los Angeles to Dallas
    2 – Los Angeles to New York
    4 – Dallas to New York
  • Regular
    2 – Los Angeles to Dallas
    2 – Los Angeles to New York
    1 – Dallas to New York
  • Saver
    0 – Los Angeles to Dallas
    1 – Los Angeles to New York
    5 – Dallas to New York
 Load Factor

  • Schedule #100
    8 / 10
  • Schedule #200
    15 / 20

Availability

  • Los Angeles to Dallas
    1 / 3 – Premium
    2 / 4 – Regular
    0 / 2 – Saver
  • Los Angeles to New York
    2 / 4 – Premium
    2 / 4 – Regular
    1 / 3 – Saver
  • Dallas to New York
    4 / 9 – Premium
    1 / 6 – Regular
    5 / 10 – Saver
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