Question: This is the cost accounting class and need help for this case. There's some questions below!! Thank you somuch for your help. Spiritual Airlines Spiritual
This is the cost accounting class and need help for this case. There's some questions below!! Thank you somuch for your help.
Spiritual Airlines
Spiritual Airlines is considering a proposal to initiate air service
between Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. The route would be
designed primarily to serve the recreating and tourist travelers that
frequently travel between the two cities. By offering lowcost tourist
fares, the airlines hope to persuade persons who now travel by other
modes of transportation to switch and fly Spiritual on this route.
In addition, the airline expects to attract business travelers during
the hours of am to pm on Mondays and Fridays. The fare price
schedule or tariff would be designed to charge a higher fare during
businesstravel hours so that tourist demand would be reduced during
those hours. The company believes that a business far of $ one way
during business hours and a fare of $ for all other hours would result in
the passenger load being equal during businesstravel and touristtravel
hours.
To operate the route, the airline would need two passenger jet
aircraft. The aircraft would be leased at an annual cost of $
each. Other fixed costs for ground services would amount to $
per year.
Operation of each aircraft requires a flight crew whose salaries are
based primarily on the hours of flying time. The costs of the flight crew
are approximately $ per hour of flying time.
Fuel costs are also a function of flying time. These costs are
estimated at $ per hour of flying time. Flying time between Phoenix
and Las Vegas is estimated at minutes each way.
The costs associated with processing each passenger amount to $
This includes ticket processing, agent commissions, and variable costs of
baggage handling. Food and beverage services cost $ per passenger
and will be offered at no charge on flights during business hours. The
cost of this service on nonbusiness hour flights is expected to be
recovered through the charges levied for alcoholic beverages.
Required:
In each businesstravel hour flight, what is the contribution margin
per passenger?
In each touristtravel hour flight, what is the contribution margin
per passenger?
What is the fixed cost per businesstravel hour flight?
What is the fixed cost per touristtravel hour flight?
What is the nonflight aircraft and ground services related Fixed
Cost per year? Per week?
If five businesstravel hour flights and three touristtravel hour
flights are offered each way every weekday, and ten touristtravel
hour flights are offered each way every Saturday and Sunday, what
is the average number of passengers that must be carried on each
flight to break even?
What is the breakeven load factor or percentage of available seats
occupied on a route?
If Spiritual Airlines operates the PhoenixLas Vegas route, its
aircraft on that route will be idle between midnight and am The
airline is considering offering a "Red Die" special, which would
leave Phoenix daily at midnight and return by am The marketing
division estimates that if the fare were no more than $ at least
new passengers could be attracted to each "Red Die" flight.
Operating costs would be at the same rate for this flight, but
advertising costs of $ per week would be required for
promotion of the service. No food or beverage costs would be
borne by the company. Management wishes to know the minimum
fare that would be required to break even on the "Red Die" special
assuming the marketing division's passenger estimates are correct.
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