Basically a measure of an airline's traffic.
Investment dictionary. Academic. 2012.
Available seat miles — An available seat mile (ASM) is the fundamental unit of production for a passenger carrying airline.[1] A unit in this case is one seat, available for sale, flown one mile. For example, an aircraft with 300 seats available for sale flying 1,000… … Wikipedia
Cost Per Available Seat Mile - CASM — A common unit of measurement used to compare the efficiency of various airlines. It is obtained by dividing the operating costs of an airline by available seat miles (ASM). Generally, the lower the CASM, the more profitable and efficient the… … Investment dictionary
Revenue Per Available Seat Mile - RASM — A unit of measurement that is used to compare the efficiency of various airlines. It is obtained by dividing operating income by available seat miles (ASM). Generally, the higher the RASM, the more profitable the airline in question. Revenue is… … Investment dictionary
cost per available seat mile — noun The unit operating cost of a carrier, also known as unit cost. The cost, expressed in cents to operate each seat mile offered. Determined by dividing operating costs by ASM (available seat miles) … Wiktionary
ASM — may refer to:Codes: * American Samoa (ISO 3166 1 country code) * Asmara International Airport (IATA airport code) * Assamese language (ISO 639 language code)Computer science: * ObjectWeb ASM, a Java library for bytecode modification and analysis… … Wikipedia
ASM — American Society for Microbiology (Medical » Veterinary) American Society for Microbiology (Medical » Human Genome) * Available Seat Miles (Miscellaneous » Unit Measures) * Area Sales Manager (Business » Positions) * Assamese (Regional » Language … Abbreviations dictionary
Revenue Passenger Mile - RPM — A transportation industry metric that shows the number of miles traveled by paying passengers. Revenue passenger miles are calculated by multiplying the number of paying passengers by the distance traveled. For example, an airplane with 100… … Investment dictionary
AFWA — Dies ist der erste Teil einer Liste der Abkürzungen und Akronyme, wie sie in der Luftfahrt und Militärluftfahrt verwendet werden. Viele Abkürzungen werden einfach durch Weglassen der Vokale gebildet. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A (AA; AB; AC;… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Abkürzung Luftfahrt — Dies ist der erste Teil einer Liste der Abkürzungen und Akronyme, wie sie in der Luftfahrt und Militärluftfahrt verwendet werden. Viele Abkürzungen werden einfach durch Weglassen der Vokale gebildet. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A (AA; AB; AC;… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Abkürzung aus der Luftfahrt — Dies ist der erste Teil einer Liste der Abkürzungen und Akronyme, wie sie in der Luftfahrt und Militärluftfahrt verwendet werden. Viele Abkürzungen werden einfach durch Weglassen der Vokale gebildet. Liste der Abkürzungen Teil 1 A A (AA; AB; AC;… … Deutsch Wikipedia
