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available seat-mile

available seat-mile noun: a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity, equal to the number of seats onboard an aircraft multiplied by the distance flown in miles. Seats that are not available for sale to revenue-paying passengers (e.g., seats reserved for crew rest, etc.) are excluded from this calculation.

Noun

available seat-mile (plural available seat-miles)

  1. A measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity, equal to the number of seats onboard an aircraft multiplied by the distance flown in miles. Seats that are not available for sale to revenue-paying passengers (e.g., seats reserved for crew rest, etc.) are excluded from this calculation.

Forms of available seat-mile

pluralavailable seat-miles

Questions about available seat-mile

What does available seat-mile mean?
Available seat-mile means a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity, equal to the number of seats onboard an aircraft multiplied by the distance flown in miles. Seats that are not available for sale to revenue-paying passengers (e.g., seats reserved for crew rest, etc.) are excluded from this calculation.
What part of speech is available seat-mile?
Available seat-mile is a noun.
What is the plural of available seat-mile?
The plural of available seat-mile is available seat-miles.

Words near available seat-mile in the dictionary

  1. availability zone
  2. available
  3. available energies
  4. available energy
  5. available light
  6. available seat-mile
  7. available seat-miles
  8. available ton mile
  9. available ton miles
  10. availableness
  11. availably

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