How to Use load factor in a Sentence

load factor

noun

• Its load factor — the measure of how full its planes are — has been near 50% in recent days.
  — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
• Southwest had the highest load factor on the route, with 91% of seats full; Frontier had the lowest, at 69%.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
• The load factor, which measures the number of seats sold onboard each flight, reached 81.8%.
  — Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The performance of a power plant is measured by using the plant load factor (PLF).
  — Quartz, 23 Sep. 2022
• With industry load factors at about 85%, there aren’t enough seats to make up for the loss of business travelers.
  — Ben Baldanza, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Unknown, because load factors are but one part of the ticket price equation.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2020
• AirAsia is among Asian carriers enjoying high load factors and most of its planes are back in the air.
  — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• In October, the reason for the increase was because of a 90 percent load factor — most flights were full, the release said.
  — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 Dec. 2017
• American’s load factor, or the average share of seats filled per plane, climbed to 55 percent last week from 15 percent in April.
  — Bloomberg News, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2020
• The team has calculated that a flotilla of Drift’s yachts sailing from New York to Penzance could achieve a load factor of 72.5 percent.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2022
• These include dividing the square footage by the occupant load factor listed in chapter 10 of the city’s building code.
  — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• Wizz Air also revved up its engines more aggressively, and ended up with a load factor of 60.5%.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2020
• At the same time load factor—a measure of flight occupancy—has increased to nearly 93% in the six months, pointing to strong travel demand.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 Nov. 2023
• Both carriers had strong load factors—a measure of how full their planes are running—of 94% and 90%, respectively.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 24 July 2024
• The four-engine A380 is only profitable with a high load factor, and only the world’s largest airports have facilities to handle the aircraft.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• Emirates’ load factor, a measure of seats sold per plane, is roughly 78%, compared with the industry average of more than 80%.
  — Nicolas Parasie, WSJ, 12 July 2018
• Until recently, Cathay Pacific's load factor — meaning, the amount of seats full on its flights — was an anemic 32%, so the giveaway couldn't come at a better time.
  — Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2023
• The load factor from Miami fluctuated, but ended near the peak of 85.3% in November.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
• Total increases depend on rate class, load factors and usage.
  — Aaron Gettinger, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2023
• The company said its load factor, or percentage of seats filled with paying passengers, has been trending toward 50% in recent days after running 67% in the first two weeks of March.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2020
• Electra says its aircraft will also have a higher load factor for cargo and passengers than most eVTOL aircraft.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 17 June 2021
• Of course, the catch is still that actual output will almost always be well short of that 1,386 MW, in contrast to a nuclear power station which, once turned on, will run almost constantly at high load factors for decades.
  — Geoffrey Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2017
• And price analysts can spook easily and lower prices if there is a concern about a low load factor, which is the metric airlines keep an eye on to determine the percentage of available seats that could have been filled by passengers.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
• However, airline load factors, a measure of how full aircraft fly, had rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.
  — Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• In a separate video from Sonya Lacore, the company’s vice president of inflight operations, said load factor — the percentage of seats taken on a flight — has dropped below 20% as the pandemic saps the demand out of the travel world.
  — Kyle Arnold, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2020
• Meanwhile, Frontier, with a load factor around 85%, is promoting its GoWild! Pass, which enables unlimited summer travel.
  — Ted Reed, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Royal Caribbean also touted strength in consumer spending during voyages and purchases made before cruises, while expecting load factors to reach record levels by late spring.
  — Crystal Chui, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2023
• Armed with this figure, emissions for flight routes can be calculated, taking into account variables like aircraft type, flying time, distance, seat capacity and occupancy (load factor), and the amount of freight carried.
  — Paul Sillers, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
• Whereas, Delta Air Lines reported 51% (y-o-y) capacity reduction with a load factor of 55% – largely due to Delta’s higher international presence.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• Declining consumer confidence in China could weigh on load factor, a measure of how much capacity is filled with passengers, until the market normalizes, Royal Caribbean said.
  — Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024