What happens to unused baggage allowance?
Hi,
I am interning at a consulting/research firm and I have been asked to research on passenger baggage allowance in commercial aviation.
In real world not all pax will have checked-in baggage (and some may have more than allowance). I would like to know how this baggage allowance is forecast, used and dispensed with.
Specifically:
1) What airlines do with unused baggage allowance assigned to passengers? For example, if only 100 out 150 pax used their 20 kg baggage allowance and the rest did not use it (did not check in any baggage). What do airlines do with the unutilized weight? Do they load more freight matching the unutilized weight?
2) How do airlines predict/forecast passenger baggage allowance utilization?
3) Are there any data available on the average baggage allowance usage numbers - on avg how many pax use their
baggage allowance (fully /partially)?
Your expert opinion and help would be greatly appreciated.