Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.
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The share of an airline’s seats that were sold: RPK divided by ASK.
How full the planes were. It only tells you about profit when compared with the breakeven load factor.
The share of seats an airline must sell to cover its costs at current fares.
The number to compare with the actual load factor; the closer the two, the thinner the airline’s cushion.
Electricity actually generated as a share of what the plant could produce running flat out.
For regulated plants, availability matters more for profit; PLF matters most for merchant sales and fuel efficiency.
Revenue per available seat-kilometre: total revenue divided by ASK.
Load factor, fares and extras rolled into one number, to be set against the cost per seat-kilometre.