Hello,
I would be thankful to you, if you would describe these avaition terms to me.
What is a?
1.Load Factor.
2.Freedom rights of flying (like 5 or 6).
3.RPK’s
4.FTK’s
5.How do airlines earn profit for one passenger seat?
Thanking you:)
By: Travelking - 6th October 2003 at 18:42
I need a bit more info about FTK?
Thx.
By: steve rowell - 6th October 2003 at 09:36
What more detail do you need ,i think Adrian nailed it
By: Travelking - 4th October 2003 at 22:23
Hey thanks again Adrian!
Anybody else for more detail?:)
By: Saab 2000 - 4th October 2003 at 20:55
Sorry I didn’t have time to do the rest before, here you go again. Some definitions might be slightly out on accuracy but here are the basics from what I understand. I think there are probably others who can help you out in more in depth terms.
1-Load factors are used to measure aircraft in-flight capacity utilisation. It works by comparing potential capacity of an aircraft in relative to its actual performance. Simply it is percentage of seats filled.
3- RPK is the abbreviation for revenue passenger Kilometres. It is found out by times the number of revenue passengers carried by the distance travelled in km.
4- FTK is the abbreviation for Freight Tonne Kilometres, similar to RPK.
5- I think to make profit on one seat you have to use CASMs (Cost per available seat mile) by adding up all your costs and then dividing by the number of seats available?
By: Travelking - 4th October 2003 at 19:38
Hey thanks Adrian!
But who will give me the other answers?:(
By: Saab 2000 - 4th October 2003 at 18:30
Freedom rights are the framework for bi-lateral and multi-lateral agreements between two or more countries. It basically states that an airline needs permission from the countries it wants to operate to before it can fly in, out or over that certain country. There are eight rights:
First freedom is the right to fly over a country without landing.
Second freedom is the right to land in a country for the purposes of re-fuelling or maintenance, not passengers.
Third Freedom is the right to land in a different country from their own country for the purposes of carrying passengers.
Fourth freedom is the right to fly from another country to their own country.
Fifth freedom (most famously of all) is the right to fly passengers from their own country to another country and then on to another country.
Sixth freedom is the state’s right to carry traffic between two other countries via the state.
Seventh freedom is the right to operate stand-alone services between two other countries.
Eighth freedom is the right to fly cargo and passengers within the boarders of another country.
Confusing but extremely relevant.
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October 4, 2003 at 5:47 pm