Analyze Eastern Skies Airlines Eastern Skies Airlines has three flights that depart from New York City and arrive in Chicago every day. The three flights are as follows: Flight Number Flight Departure Time Flight Frequency 57 85 94 8:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:30 AM 7 days per week 7 days per week 7 days per week Each flight uses a jet with a capacity of 180 seats. The airline measures the utilization of the aircraft by passenger load. Passenger load is the number of seats sold divided by the number of available seats on a flight for a time period. The following operating data are available for June: Flight Number Number of Seats Sold 57 5,130 85 94 2,592 2,376 a. Determine the available seat capacity for each flight number for June. b. Determine the passenger load for each flight number for June. Flight Number Passenger Load 57 % % % 85 94 c. What recommendations could you provide Eastern Skies based on the passenger load data? a. Use smaller aircraft for Flights 85 and 94 so as to better match capacity with demand. b. Consolidate the two flights into one flight that could depart at some time between the two original times, such as 10:45 AM. Passengers could then migrate to the new flight, resulting in a better utilization of the remaining flight. c. Cancel Flight 94 and consolidate Flight 85 and flight 57. Passengers could then migrate to the new flight, resulting in better utilization of the flights. d. Use smaller aircraft for Flights 57 and 85 so as to better match capacity with demand.