Break-Even Sales and Sales Mix for a Service Company Zero Turbulence Airline provides air transportation services between Los Angeles, California; and Kona, Hawaii. A single Los Angeles to Kona round-trip flight has the following operating statistics: Fuel $14,373 Flight crew salaries 11,009 Airplane depreciation 5,198 Variable cost per passenger—business class 70 Variable cost per passenger—economy class 55 Round-trip ticket price—business class 540 Round-trip ticket price—economy class 285 It is assumed that the fuel, crew salaries, and airplane depreciation are fixed, regardless of the number of seats sold for the round-trip flight. If required round the answers to nearest whole number. a.  Compute the break-even number of seats sold on a single round-trip flight for the overall product, E. Assume that the overall product is 20% business class and 80% economy class seats. Total number of seats at break-even fill in the blank 1 seats b.  How many business class and economy class seats would be sold at the break-even point? Business class seats at break-even fill in the blank 2 seats Economy class seats at break-even fill in the blank 3 seats

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Break-Even Sales and Sales Mix for a Service Company

Zero Turbulence Airline provides air transportation services between Los Angeles, California; and Kona, Hawaii. A single Los Angeles to Kona round-trip flight has the following operating statistics:

Fuel $14,373
Flight crew salaries 11,009
Airplane depreciation 5,198
Variable cost per passenger—business class 70
Variable cost per passenger—economy class 55
Round-trip ticket price—business class 540
Round-trip ticket price—economy class 285

It is assumed that the fuel, crew salaries, and airplane depreciation are fixed, regardless of the number of seats sold for the round-trip flight. If required round the answers to nearest whole number.

a.  Compute the break-even number of seats sold on a single round-trip flight for the overall product, E. Assume that the overall product is 20% business class and 80% economy class seats.

Total number of seats at break-even fill in the blank 1 seats

b.  How many business class and economy class seats would be sold at the break-even point?

Business class seats at break-even fill in the blank 2 seats
Economy class seats at break-even fill in the blank 3 seats
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