: the percentage of available seats paid for and occupied in an aircraft
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Walsh said yield growth throughout the year, as well as higher load factors, are helping to recoup the higher fuel costs.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026 Flying a larger aircraft into markets with limited demand results in low passenger load factors, which translates into losses.—
Marisa Garcia,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026 As a result, America’s utilities operate at an average load factor — the ratio of demand to peak capacity — of just 53%, according to a recent analysis from Duke University.—Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026 Bookings for the July-to-September fourth quarter were 30% sold, easyJet's Jarvis said, while load factors, the portion of available seats filled by paying customers, were uncertain.—
Shashwat Awasthi,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for load factor