In a message dated 8/3/02 7:26:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, skyshirts@yahoo.com writes: > ...The very fact that the break-even load factor is > 89% indicates costs (salaries) are totally out of > control! (I have never heard of a break even load > factor this high!). > By comparison, I think AirTran's BELF is about 58% > (someone correct me if I am wrong). Pretty damned impressive! Denver based Frontier's BELF for their first quarter was 65% while the airline lost almost $3m and saw year to year revenues drop $11m. While their CASM came down nicely, too many discounted fares and excess capacity in Denver (guess who?) accounted for Frontier's loss. RT Simpson Phoenix