Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
While we know L/F is only a general sign of how well a route is doing, if we are going to use it surely it should be calculated on the basis of the seats available for sale, rather than what turned up on the day?
This sort of proves my point - L/F high, but only because of lower capacity a/c being used. So is MAN doing better than the rest or not?
It is a good point you make as when the seats were first released the route would have been planned and costed at the original aircraft as in BHX's case 2 x 615 seat A388 for 30 days and not with the 7 smaller capacity 388's that actually turned up.
Only the Emirates revenue department know the yield per route and it is all guesswork and even more difficult for those on the outside with Glasgow, Manchester and Edinburgh selling first class whereas BHX and NCL
You can get an indication of some trends when comparing one month to another or to the previous year but beyond that I don't think you can say an awful lot in respect of fact and especially not yield. Even comparing one month or a year is not even fool proof if capacity has been added, reduced or even as simple as the movement of Ramadan and Easter.
Pete