Originally Posted by
BA 77
A larger aircraft doesn't necessarily have lower breakeven load factors - the Embraer 170 only needs a 62% load factor to break even
This is an utterly, utterly meaningless statement. If you tell us that the Embraer 170 only needs a 62% load factor to break even on a one-hour sector with an average net fare of £80 (for example), then that means something. Without specifying that data, it means nothing - can't you see that the breakeven depends on the revenue and the costs? It'd be like saying "aircraft X needs a takeoff roll of 2000 metres" without specifying the take-off weight, the temperature or the wind.