Passenger load on a flight Eastern Skies Airlines has three flights that depart from New York City and arrive in Chicago every day. The three flights are as follows: Flight Number   Flight Departure Time   Flight Frequency   57   8:00 AM   7 days per week   85   10:00 AM   7 days per week   94   11:30 AM   7 days per week   Each flight uses a jet with a capacity of 180 seats. The airline measures the utilization of the aircraft by passenger load. Passenger load is the number of seats sold divided by the number of available seats on a flight for a time period. The following operating data are available for June: Flight Number   Number of Seats Sold 57   5,130 85   2,592 94   2,376 a. Determine the available seat capacity for each flight number for June. fill in the blank 1 b. Determine the passenger load for each flight number for June. Flight Number   Passenger Load 57     % 85       94         c. What recommendations could you provide Eastern Skies based on the passenger load data?

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Passenger load on a flight

Eastern Skies Airlines has three flights that depart from New York City and arrive in Chicago every day. The three flights are as follows:

Flight Number   Flight Departure Time   Flight Frequency  
57   8:00 AM   7 days per week  
85   10:00 AM   7 days per week  
94   11:30 AM   7 days per week  

Each flight uses a jet with a capacity of 180 seats. The airline measures the utilization of the aircraft by passenger load. Passenger load is the number of seats sold divided by the number of available seats on a flight for a time period. The following operating data are available for June:

Flight Number   Number of Seats Sold
57   5,130
85   2,592
94   2,376

a. Determine the available seat capacity for each flight number for June.

fill in the blank 1

b. Determine the passenger load for each flight number for June.

Flight Number   Passenger Load
57     %
85      
94      

 

c. What recommendations could you provide Eastern Skies based on the passenger load data?

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Given that:

Number of available seats per flight = 180 seats

Number of days in June = 30

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