21.   The load factor is the percentage of available seats the airline filled with paying customers during the month.

22.   The monthly traffic report, issued Wednesday, marked the first time since October that the Atlanta-based discount airline met or exceeded year-earlier load factors.

23.   The total load factor is a combination of cargo and passenger loads.

24.   United plans to boost international sales growth by increasing the percentage of seating capacity sold, in the industry known as load factors.

25.   ValuJet said the low load factor resulted from the limited time customers had to make reservations for travel during the month following the shutdown.

26.   With the schedule cuts in place and Americans beginning to travel again, load factors are rising.

27.   Philippines Airlines, which flies four times a week to both destinations, expects load factors on these routes to improve with the joint service arrangement.

28.   Ansett and Qantas have seen stable load factors.

29.   Coupled with the effects of the economic slowdown, some express bus operators are facing loan repayment problems while grappling with significantly reduced load factors.