Revenue passenger
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A revenue passenger is someone who has paid the transport operator for her or his trip. That excludes non-paying passenger
s such as airline employees flying on free or nearly-free passes, babies and children who do not have a seat of their own, etc. However, passengers who paid for their trip with a frequent-flyer program mileage award are usually included.
This term is used in the transportation industry, in particular in traffic measures
such as RPK
(revenue passenger kilometer) or RPM
(revenue passenger mile).
Passenger
A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination....
s such as airline employees flying on free or nearly-free passes, babies and children who do not have a seat of their own, etc. However, passengers who paid for their trip with a frequent-flyer program mileage award are usually included.
This term is used in the transportation industry, in particular in traffic measures
Units of transportation measurement
The units of transportation measurement describes the units of measure to measure the quantity and traffic of transportation used in transportation statistics, planning, and their related fields.-Length of Journey:...
such as RPK
RPK (disambiguation)
RPK may refer to:* RPK , a Soviet light machine gun superseded by the RPK-74...
(revenue passenger kilometer) or RPM
Revenue passenger mile
Revenue passenger miles and Revenue passenger kilometers are measures of traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled...
(revenue passenger mile).