available seat mile

available seat mile
A measure of an airline flights passenger carrying capacity. It is 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.

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