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WASHINGTON -- All of the major U.S. airlines reported their May traffic numbers last week, and those people looking for the silver lining could find it in increased load factors for most of the ...

In recent years, airlines have increased revenue by both expanding capacity and by selling a higher percentage of the seats available (load factor). Increased load factor is almost free money because ...

Summer is here. That means even more packed planes and sweltering airports. If you think that airline flights are much more crowded than they used to be, you're not wrong. The passenger load factor ...

Europe's seat capacity recovery as a percentage of 2019 levels remains in the narrow range of 86%-87% that it has occupied almost every week since late May-2022. Seat numbers in Europe are at 87.5% in ...