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Passenger load factor is passengers carried divided by seats available. It only means something next to the break-even load factor, which is the fill rate at which revenue covers the cost of operating the sector; the gap between the two is the profit margin on that flight.
Load factor
PLF = passengers / seats x 100; margin = PLF - break-even LF
Not if it was bought with deep discounts. Revenue per available seat kilometre matters more than fill rate alone.
Divide the cost per available seat kilometre by the revenue per revenue passenger kilometre.