LF Question

[flyboy842]

Hi,

I noticed that on some routes (all without competition), it takes a very long time to get to an acceptable LF while in others (of the same distance) takes less..  For example my YYZ-DCA took two days to get to 80% LF while the YYZ-PHL is still at 40% after 5 days. The frequency is the same in both cases (ie. 2 daily).

Anyone know why?

[JumboShrimp]

Time of day is a factor too.

[swiftus27]

Time of day is a factor too.

does the plane take off after 0000 and land before 0500 local time?

[flyboy842]

Same time for both. None of my flight leave between 0000-0455

[flyboy842]

Time of day is a factor too.

Outside of 0000-0459 does time matter (ie does AWS factor in peak hours - so flights at 1700 carries more passengers than 1300?

[JumboShrimp]

Outside of 0000-0459 does time matter (ie does AWS factor in peak hours - so flights at 1700 carries more passengers than 1300?

It is a little hard to pinpoint, but on ULH flights, arriving or departing between 0500 and 0555 and between 2300 and 2355 seems worse than 0600 and 2255.  LFs on shorter flights seem to be less sensitive to those 2 hours.