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Seat-mile

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005121

A unit of measurement in the airline industry representing one aircraft seat flown for one mile. This metric is used to calculate an airline's capacity and efficiency. It is derived by multiplying the number of available seats on an aircraft by the distance flown in miles.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005121
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectTransport and logistics
TranslationsGerman: Sitzkilometer; Spanish: asiento-milla; French: siège-mile
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005121",
  "term": "Seat-mile",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A unit of measurement in the airline industry representing one aircraft seat flown for one mile. This metric is used to calculate an airline's capacity and efficiency. It is derived by multiplying the number of available seats on an aircraft by the distance flown in miles.",
  "subject": "Transport and logistics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Sitzkilometer",
    "es": "asiento-milla",
    "fr": "siège-mile"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/seat-mile/"
}

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