Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) reported the following data (in millions) for three recent years. Southwest refers to

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Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) reported the following data (in millions) for three recent years.

Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 Available seat miles 153,811 148,522 140,501 Passenger miles flown 129,041 124,798 117,500 Revenue $19,137 $18,595 $18,299


Southwest refers to its utilization rates as “passenger load factor.”

1. Compute the passenger load factor (utilization rate) for each year.

2. Compute the passenger revenue per seat mile flown. Express in cents rounded to one decimal place.

3. Comment on (1) and (2).

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Survey Of Accounting

ISBN: 9780357132593

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Authors: Carl S. Warren, Amanda Farmer

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