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Old Dec 23, 2002 | 7:06 pm
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How Are Costs Measured at Airlines?

Over the weekend and today, the papers ran three or four articles comparing costs at the airlines, all using the same metric of "cost per available seat mile". How EXACTLY is this definition used? Can anyone help with this? Specifically, are all available seats included or only ones that are occupied?
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