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Old 13th Apr 2017, 20:50
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Gauges and Dials
 
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Originally Posted by SATCOS WHIPPING BOY
The airline still has 100% income.
They then sell that seat to a standby passenger and have 105% income.
I'm not clear what "100% income" means.

Work the arithmetic of my example again.

100 seat airplane. $500 tickets, all non-refundable. Sell 101 of them. One passenger no-shows. Revenue $50,500

Same 100 seat airplane. Sell only 100 tickets. One passenger no-shows. Revenue $50,000
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