Sentences with phrase «passenger miles»

In fact this last one is the most efficient form of travel per passenger mile of any form of transit analyzed here.

Now one might argue the point that they don't show bikes or walking as alternatives to the private auto, both of which have even lower CO2 emissions per passenger mile.

In 2012, customers of Southwest and AirTran redeemed approximately 4.5 million flight awards, accounting for approximately 9.0 percent of revenue passenger miles flown.

Carbon dioxide emissions per passenger mile on Europe's high - speed trains are one third those of its cars and only one fourth those of its planes.

«Every 15 years, the number of passenger miles flown doubles,» says Simon Pickup, director of business operations for Airbus Americas.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sees the number of global revenue passenger miles rising from 877 billion in 2015 to 1.02 trillion in 2024.

He adds that Transport Canada «will have to do more, just to keep the accident rate per revenue - generating passenger mile travelled in Canada at current levels.»

Appsforpcdaily reports that all Lyft rides are eligible to earn passengers some miles.

As every other major airline has followed low - cost carriers lead to reward passengers miles depending on cost of the ticket, Alaska Airlines has held true to the original concept of loyalty.

RethinkX has estimated that by 2030, within 10 years of regulatory approval, 95 % of all US passenger miles will be served...

American Airlines Group (NYSE: AAL) reported that total revenue passenger miles rose 3.8 percent in January as capacity was 2.3 percent higher.

For example, airlines use (revenues per passenger miles) and hotels use (average daily rate).

Leading this smaller pack was Delta Air Lines (DAL), which was able to fill its planes more efficiently than its rivals, dominate the profitable New York market, and earn more dollars per passenger mile than even Southwest.

As a result, the airline's «load factor» (passenger miles / available seat miles) is at all - time highs.

Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) are measures of traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the number of revenue - paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled.

In its most recent forecast, the agency sees system traffic in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increasing 2.4 percent annually between 2017 and 2037.

«Today, Northwest Airlines is averaging roughly 50 passenger miles per gallon [21 kilometers per liter] of fuel,» says Tim McGraw, Northwest's director of safety, health and environment, largely by replacing its aging fleet of airplanes with newer, more efficient jets.

Changes in a variety of other factors such as operating procedures, aircraft routing, and load factors can also have significant impacts on greenhouse gas emissions per passenger mile.

Despite battering me and my passengers mile after mile, the STI itself never seemed too upset by midturn bumps, cracks, or potholes, so I'm thankful for small favors.

APTA claims public transportation offers cleaner air with 95 % less carbon monoxide and nearly 50 % less carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide per passenger mile than a private vehicle does.

The airline's total traffic in August was 2.878 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs,...

The Atlanta - based carrier's total system traffic for the month was 18.95 billion revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, a 4.3 % increase from 18.17 billion RPMs March 2017.

System - wide traffic for Alaska Air Group, expressed in revenue passenger miles, or RPMs, increased by 5.5 % year - over-year, up to 4.37 billion RPMs from 4.1 billion in March of 2016.

Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, short haul flights are far more polluting per passenger mile than long haul.

But cleaner transport also means less carbon emissions, both because buses are cleaner, less fuel intensive per passenger mile, and because people are actually leaving their cars for the faster buses.

Existing passenger trains in U.S. cities consume a third of the energy per passenger mile than cars, according to government data.

This probably means that more cars will overtake planes in energy - per - passenger mile, and readers of this site who drive will hopefully pick those.

Consider this statistic: there are 0.003 fatalities per 100 million passenger miles on scheduled flights (i.e. commercial air flights), while there are a whopping 0.61 deaths per 100 million passenger miles in automobiles.

Train travel is also more energy - efficient per passenger mile than cars or planes, making them one of the most eco-friendly modes of transportation after walking and cycling.