Passenger
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A passenger (also abbreviated as pax
Crew members (if any), as well as the driver or pilot of the vehicle, are usually not considered to be passengers. For example, a
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In most jurisdictions, laws have been
Terms
Revenue passenger
A revenue passenger is someone who has paid a transport operator for her or his trip. That excludes non-paying passengers such as
This term is used in the transportation industry, in particular in
Revenue passenger kilometres
Revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) and revenue passenger miles (RPMs) 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.[5] On long-distance buses and trains (and some planes), passengers may board and disembark at intermediate stops, in which case RPMs/RPKs have to be calculated for each segment if a careful total is needed.
Revenue passenger miles can be considered the basic amount of "production" that an airline creates. The revenue passenger miles can be compared to the available seat miles over an airline's system to determine the overall passenger load factor.[6] These measurements can further be used to measure unit revenues and unit costs.[7]
No pax
In transportation, a "no pax" trip is a trip without passengers.
In such cases, the main display signs on the front and curbside of the bus typically display a message such as “no pax” or “out of service” (sometimes abbreviated as “O/S”).
British railway passenger train categories
In British railway parlance, passenger, as well as being the end user of a service, is also a categorisation of the type of rolling stock used.[10] In the British case, there are several categories of passenger train,[10] which include:
- Express passenger, which constitutes long distance and high speed railway travel between major locations such as ports and cities.[10]
- Semi-fast express passenger, a type of service that is high speed, though stops at selected destinations of high population density en route.[10]
- Local passenger, the lowest category of British passenger train, which provides a service that stops at all stations between major destinations, for the benefit of local populations.[10]
References
- ^ "Define Pax". Travel Industry dictionary. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "PASSENGER Definition & Legal Meaning". Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ William Statsky, Essentials of Torts (2011), p. 339.
- ^ Lee Jr., Lawrence: Railway economics and passenger sociology (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992).
- ^ "Airline Data Project: Glossary". Massachusetts Institute of Technology Global Airline Industry Program. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Basic Measurements in the Airline Business". American Airlines. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "Airline Data Project: Traffic and Capacity by Operating Region". Massachusetts Institute of Technology Global Airline Industry Program. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "Lady Slipper Aviation Safety Plan". BLM and USFS. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ Burin, Jim (2011). Approach and Landing Accident Reduction. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original (PPT) on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-211697-5.
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