Airlines

Load factor

Load factor is the percentage of seats sold out of those offered on a flight or across a network. It is to an airline what occupancy is to a hotel, but on its own it misleads because flying full on giveaway fares is no business. It is always read alongside revenue per seat to know if the plane makes money.

Example A flight at 95 percent load factor can still lose money if half the cabin paid bargain fares.