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Comfi Airways, Inc., a small two-plane passenger airline, has asked for your assistance in some basic analysis of its operations. Both planes seat 10 passengers each, and they fly commuters from Comfi’s base airport to the major city in the state, Metropolis. Each month, 40 round-trip flights are made. Shown below is a recent month’s activity in the form of a cost-volume-profit income statement.

Fare Revenues (400 passenger flights) $64,000
Variable Costs
Fuel $15,240
Snacks and Drinks 760
Landing Fees 2,000
Supplies and Forms 1,200 19,200
Contribution Margin 44,800
Fixed Costs
Depreciation 3,000
Salaries 16,840
Advertising 300
Airport Hanger Fees 1,700 21,840
Net Income 22,960

a. Calculate the break-even point in dollars.

Break-even point $

b. Calculate the break-even point in number of passenger flights.

Break-even point flights

c. Without calculations, determine the contribution margin at the break-even point.

Break-even point $

d. If ticket prices were decreased by 10%, passenger flights would increase by 25%. However, total variable costs would increase by the same percentage as passenger flights.

(1) How much would net income be impacted by this change?

Net income to $

(2) Should the ticket price decrease be adopted?

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Patrina Schowalter
Patrina SchowalterLv2
28 Sep 2019

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