HOW CAN CAPACITY AND UTILIZATION BE MEASURED AT AN AIRLINE SUCH AS
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Capacity is the maximum rate of output of a process or a system. And utilization is
measured as the ratio of average output rate to maximum capacity. In Southwest, capacity
can be measured in available seat-miles (AMS) per month.
WHICH SITUATION BELOW DESCRIBES THE INCREASING RETURNS STAGE OF THE
PRODUCTION FUNCTION?
In my personal opinion, “assigned boarding gate line positions based on both
boarding group and gate arrival time” is the most workable. The principle to assign position
based on boarding group can satisfy the customers who travel in group and want to sit
together. The customers might be family, friends or couples. Then the principal of gate
