Profits have been decreasing for several years at Pegasus Airlines. In an effort to improve the companyâs performance, the company is thinking about dropping several flights that appear to be unprofitable.
A typical income statement for one round-trip of one such flight (flight 482) is as follows:
Ticket revenue (115 seats à 40% occupancy à $60 ticket price) $ 2,760 100.0 % Variable expenses ($14.00 per person) 644 23.3 Contribution margin 2,116 76.7 % Flight expenses: Salaries, flight crew $ 340 Flight promotion 710 Depreciation of aircraft 530 Fuel for aircraft 200 Liability insurance 210 Salaries, flight assistants 680 Baggage loading and flight preparation 185 Overnight costs for flight crew and assistants at destination 70 Total flight expenses 2,925 Net operating loss $ (809 )
The following additional information is available about flight 482:
Members of the flight crew are paid fixed annual salaries, whereas the flight assistants are paid based on the number of round trips they complete.
One-third of the liability insurance is a special charge assessed against flight 482 because in the opinion of the insurance company, the destination of the flight is in a âhigh-riskâ area. The remaining two-thirds would be unaffected by a decision to drop flight 482.
The baggage loading and flight preparation expense is an allocation of ground crewsâ salaries and depreciation of ground equipment. Dropping flight 482 would have no effect on the companyâs total baggage loading and flight preparation expenses.
If flight 482 is dropped, Pegasus Airlines has no authorization at present to replace it with another flight.
Aircraft depreciation is due entirely to obsolescence. Depreciation due to wear and tear is negligible.
Dropping flight 482 would not allow Pegasus Airlines to reduce the number of aircraft in its fleet or the number of flight crew on its payroll.
Profits have been decreasing for several years at Pegasus Airlines. In an effort to improve the companyâs performance, the company is thinking about dropping several flights that appear to be unprofitable.
A typical income statement for one round-trip of one such flight (flight 482) is as follows:
Ticket revenue (115 seats à 40% occupancy à $60 ticket price) | $ | 2,760 | 100.0 | % | ||
Variable expenses ($14.00 per person) | 644 | 23.3 | ||||
Contribution margin | 2,116 | 76.7 | % | |||
Flight expenses: | ||||||
Salaries, flight crew | $ | 340 | ||||
Flight promotion | 710 | |||||
Depreciation of aircraft | 530 | |||||
Fuel for aircraft | 200 | |||||
Liability insurance | 210 | |||||
Salaries, flight assistants | 680 | |||||
Baggage loading and flight preparation | 185 | |||||
Overnight costs for flight crew and assistants at destination | 70 | |||||
Total flight expenses | 2,925 | |||||
Net operating loss | $ | (809 | ) | |||
The following additional information is available about flight 482:
Members of the flight crew are paid fixed annual salaries, whereas the flight assistants are paid based on the number of round trips they complete.
One-third of the liability insurance is a special charge assessed against flight 482 because in the opinion of the insurance company, the destination of the flight is in a âhigh-riskâ area. The remaining two-thirds would be unaffected by a decision to drop flight 482.
The baggage loading and flight preparation expense is an allocation of ground crewsâ salaries and depreciation of ground equipment. Dropping flight 482 would have no effect on the companyâs total baggage loading and flight preparation expenses.
If flight 482 is dropped, Pegasus Airlines has no authorization at present to replace it with another flight.
Aircraft depreciation is due entirely to obsolescence. Depreciation due to wear and tear is negligible.
Dropping flight 482 would not allow Pegasus Airlines to reduce the number of aircraft in its fleet or the number of flight crew on its payroll.