I know that there are lies, damn lies and statistics but can someone explain to my simple brain...
Qantaslink figures headed south as traffic fell 19.1 per cent and load factor dropped 3.4 points to 70.7 per cent. The airline said the results reflected a 15 per cent reduction in capacity as the regional operation retired its BAe 146 aircraft.
If the article can be expected to be accurate
surely a reduction in
capacity gives a commensurate
rise in load factor?
If you have 10,000 seats available and sell 8,000 then you have 80% load factor, correct?
If you reduce capacity to 9,000 seats but still sell 8,000 of them then your load factor has magically risen to 88% or so.
Isn't this the reason that
VB had a drop in load factors early this year, mainly because of a huge capacity increase?
I know I should ignore any articles by big Steve but this is just dumb.
On a grammatical issue...
showing its domestic flights were fuller in May than those of rival Virgin Blue.
English as it is writ.