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

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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 mis-represents the air cargo industry.

“The gap between the two calculations is very large,” said Niall van de Wouw, architect of Project Selfie.

“Imagine if a factory had such different utilisation rates – it would make or ...