load factor

1. (Electrical Engineering) the ratio of the average electric load to the peak load over a period of time

2. (Aeronautics) aeronautics

a. the ratio of a given external load to the weight of an aircraft

b. the actual payload carried by an aircraft as a percentage of its maximum payload

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load′ fac`tor

the percentage of available seats, space, or carrying weight paid for and used by passengers, shippers, etc.

[1890–95]

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Noun

load factor - (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)

aeronautics, astronautics - the theory and practice of navigation through air or space

ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

Translations

taux de charge

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The Central and Eastern Europe-focused operator's load factor improved to 95.6% in July from 95.4% in the corresponding month of 2018.

Wizz Air's load factor increased in July

E- Total number of passengers carried went up by 1% reaching 5.5 million passengers, and the load factor went up to 80.2%.

Turkish Airlines Reached the 80.2 Percent Load Factor in December 2018

It was only the third time in two years that load factor fell on a year-to-year basis.

IATA reports solid but moderating passenger demand

Total load factor improved by 2 points during the month, compared to the same period of 2017, while international load factor increased by 3 points to 81 per cent, domestic load factor reached 84 per cent.

Turkish Airlines load factor tops 81pc in November

The total number of passengers carried went up by 4 percent reaching 6.1 million passengers, and the load factor stood at 78.6 percent in May.

Turkish Airlines reaches 80.7% record load factor

Its rolling 12-month total shows a 5.9% rise in passenger numbers to 67.1m and a 1.1% jump in load factor to 91.2%.

Growth for city carriers

For the month of December 2014, Air Canada reported a near record system load factor of 82.6 per cent, its second highest system load factor ever on a system-wide capacity increase of 8.5 per cent, versus a load factor of 82.7 per cent in December 2013.

Air Canada December load factor reaches 82.6%

International load factor increased 0.5 points to 87.1% , as capacity and traffic were 1.9 and 1.4% lower year-over-year respectively.

-AMR posts July 2012 revenue, traffic results

Alaska Airlines' load factor rose by 0.8 percentage points in October 2011 while Horizon Air reported a load factor increase of 2.9 percentage points compared to the same month of the previous year.

Alaska Air Group reports increased load factor in October 2011

Consolidated and mainline load factors each will rise 4-5 points to 79 percent-80 percent and 80 percent-81 percent respectively.

Company Watch - Continental Airlines

An indicator of how well you are managing peak demand is the Load Factor."

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