News / IATA to review air cargo load factor calculations after Project Selfie revelations

18/01/2018

A 27% relative discrepancy in the way aircraft load factors are calculated is a “terrible miss” for the industry, it was claimed today.

Last year’s Project Selfie, which re-examined the way load factors are calculated, revealed that, in some cases, recording utilisation by weight alone significantly ...

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CargoMan
September 25, 2018 at 4:50 pm
So, how is dynamic load factor calculated? Is there a preset formula?

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- Alex Lennane
  September 25, 2018 at 5:53 pm
  Hello CargoMan, There is a bit more detail in previous posts: https://theloadstar.com/open-letter-iata-lies-damned-lies-loadfactor-statistics/ and https://theloadstar.com/project-selfie-cargo-airlines-can-see-measure/
  
  Or you can email the architect of this initiative at selfie@support.useclive.com.
  Thank you for your interest.
  Alex
  
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