The capacity of a passenger airline is expressed in terms of

Q. The capacity of a passenger airline is expressed in terms of

             (A) available seats                        (B) available miles

             (C) available sectors                     (D) available seat miles

Ans: available seat miles

Sol:

Available Seat Miles (ASM):

• Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airplane’s carrying capacity available to generate revenues.
• Available seat miles refers to how many seat miles are actually available for purchase on an airline.
• Seat miles are calculated by multiplying the available seats for a given plane by the number of miles that plane will be flying for a given flight.​
• Example: An airline with 50 passenger seats which is flown for 50 miles will create 50 × 50 = 2500 seat miles.