Question

A flight is carrying 130 passengers over a distance of 990km with a seating capacity of 140 and a yield of 7.9. Calculate the load factor.

(a) 90%

(b) 92.86%

(c) 89.556%

(d) 67.35%

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Question is from Fixed-Wing Aircraft topic in portion Fixed-Wing Aircraft Performance of Aircraft Performance

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) 92.86%

Best explanation: The answer is 92.86%. Given number of passengers travelling = 130, seating capacity=140 and a yield of 7.9.

We know percentage load factor=\(\frac{no. \, of \, passengers \,travelling*distance \,travelled}{no. \,of \, seats*distance \, travelled}\) x 100%

On substituting the values,

Load factor=\(\frac{130*990}{140*990}\) x 100%

Load factor=92.86%.