Reference no: EM133492539
Case: Lufthansa operates a carrier flying between Frankfurt and Barcelona. The competition on this route has been very intense in recent years. The management would like to understand better the sensitivity of their profits to certain business variables The revenues and costs are given below as follows:
Standard fee for a single route $60
Variable cost per passenger $2
Fixed cost per flight per route $4200
Each aircraft has 160 seats. The average passenger load is 80%.
The director believes that the company's profits are most sensitive to changes in ticket prices, costs, or volume. The following scenarios have been proposed:
Scenario 1: 10% reduction in the fare per passenger
Scenario 2: 10% increase in costs
Scenario 3: 10% reduction in the number of passengers
Required:
Question: You are required to test the three scenarios. State all the assumptions you make