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Ancillary Revenue per Booked Passenger
Represents the average revenue earned per booked passenger flown from ancillary services. Airline Industry
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Available Lower Berth Day ALBDs
ALBDs is a standard measure of passenger capacity for the period, which company uses to perform rate and capacity variance analyses to determine the main non-capacity driven factors that causes their cruise revenues and expenses to vary. ALBDs assume that each cabin company offers for sale accommodates two passengers and is computed by multiplying passenger capacity by revenue-producing ship opera
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Available Seat Mile ASM
ASM Available Seat Mile. A measure of capacity. ASMs equal the total number of seats available for transporting passengers during a reporting period multiplied by the total number of miles flown during that period. Airline Industry
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Average Booked Passenger Fare
Represents the average fare paid by a scheduled fare-paying passenger who has booked a ticket. Airline Industry
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Average Daily Flight Hour Utilization
Represents the average number of flight hours flown in scheduled service per day per aircraft for the total fleet of operated aircraft. Airline Industry
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Average Fuel Cost Per U.S. Gallon
Average Fuel Cost Per U.S. Gallon
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Average Length of Passenger Haul
Represents the average number of miles traveled by a scheduled fare-paying passenger. Airline Industry
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Average Train Speed
The average speed attained as a train travels between terminals, calculated by dividing the total train miles traveled by the total hours operated. This calculation does not include the travel time or the distance traveled by: I) trains used in or around CPs yards; II) passenger trains; and III) trains used for repairing track. The calculation also does not include the time trains spend waiting in
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Avg. Revenue per Carload
The amount of freight revenue earned for every carload moved, calculated by dividing the freight revenue for a commodity by the number of carloads of the commodity transported in the period. Railroads Industry
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Breakeven Passenger Load Factor
Represents the number of RPMs at which scheduled passenger revenues would have been equal to operating expenses divided by ASMs (based on Average Yield per RPM). For the purposes of this calculation, the number of RPMs at which scheduled passenger revenues would have been equal to operating expenses is calculated by dividing operating expenses by Average Yield per RPM. Airline Industry
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Car Miles per Car Day
The total car-miles for a period divided by the total number of active cars. Total car-miles includes the distance travelled by every car on a revenue-producing train and a train used in or around our yards. Railroads Industry
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Cargo Ton Mile Yield
The amount of cargo revenue earned per cargo ton mile during a reporting period.
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Cargo Ton Miles
The total number of tons of cargo transported during a reporting period, multiplied by the total number of miles cargo is flown during that period.
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Carloads
Revenue-generating shipments of containers, trailers and freight cars. Railroads Industry
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Cost per Available Seat Mile CASM
Cost per Available Seat Mile. The amount of operating cost incurred per available seat mile during a reporting period Airline Industry
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FRA Train Accidents Rate
The number of train accidents, multiplied by 1,000,000 and divided by total train-miles. Train accidents included in this metric meet or exceed the FRA reporting threshold of US$8,500 in damage. Railroads Industry
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Freight Revenue per Carload
The amount of freight revenue earned for every carload moved, calculated by dividing the freight revenue for a commodity by the number of carloads of the commodity transported in the period. Railroads Industry
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Freight Revenue per RTM
The amount of freight revenue earned for every RTM moved, calculated by dividing the total freight revenue by the total RTMs in the period. Railroads Industry
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Fuel Consumption Rate Gal per GTM
The total fuel consumed in freight and yard operations for every GTMs traveled. This is calculated by dividing the total amount of fuel issued to locomotives, excluding commuter and non-freight activities, by the total freight-related GTMs. Railroads Industry
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Gross ton miles GTM
Gross ton-miles are calculated by multiplying the weight of loaded or empty freight cars by the number of miles hauled. Railroads Industry
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GTMs Gross Ton Miles
The movement of total train weight over a distance of one mile. Total train weight is comprised of the weight of the freight cars, their contents and any inactive locomotives. An increase in GTMs indicates additional workload. Railroads Industry
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Operating Cost Per Available Seat Mile Cost Per ASM CASM
Represents operating expenses divided by Available Seat Mile ASMs. Airline Industry
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Operating revenue yield per Available Seat Mile Average Yield per ASM
Represents the average scheduled flown passenger fare revenue for each available seat mile (ASM). Airline Industry
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Passenger Load Factor
Represents the total number of seats sold as a percentage of total seat capacity on all sectors flown. Airline Industry
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Passenger Mile Yield
The amount of passenger revenue earned per revenue passenger mile during a reporting period Airline Industry
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Passenger revenue yield per Mile Average Yield per RPM
Represents the average scheduled passenger fare revenue for each revenue passenger mile (RPM), or each mile a scheduled revenue passenger is flown. Airline Industry
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Revenue Passenger Mile RPM
Revenue Passenger Mile. One revenue-paying passenger transported one mile. RPMs equal the number of revenue passengers during a reporting period multiplied by the number of miles flown by those passengers during that period. Airline Industry
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Revenue Passenger Miles RPM
Represents the number of miles flown by booked fare-paying passengers. Airline Industry
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Revenue Passengers Carried
Represents the number of scheduled fare-paying passengers Carried. Airline Industry
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Revenue per Available Seat Mile RASM
Revenue per Available Seat Mile. The amount of operating or passenger revenue earned per available seat mile during a reporting period. Airline Industry
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Revenue ton miles RTM
Revenue ton-miles are based on tariff miles and do not include the weight of freight cars. Railroads Industry
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RTMs Revenue Ton Miles
The movement of one revenue-producing ton of freight over a distance of one mile. Railroads Industry
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Size of fleet at period-end
Represents the number of aircraft owned and operated at the end of the period. Airline Industry
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STB
US Surface Transportation Board, a regulatory agency with jurisdiction over railway rate and service issues and rail restructuring, including mergers and sales. Railroads Industry
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Terminal Dwell
The average time a freight car resides at a specified terminal location. The timing starts with a train arriving in the terminal, a customer releasing the car to us, or a car arriving that is to be transferred to another railway. The timing ends when the train leaves, a customer receives the car from us or the freight car is transferred to another railway. Freight cars are excluded if: I) a train
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Total Carloads
Total Revenue-generating shipments of containers, trailers and freight cars. Railroads Industry
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