
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher
Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077274993
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher
Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077274993 Exercise 49
Dropping Product Lines
Freeflight Airlines is presently operating at 70 percent of capacity. Management of the airline is considering dropping Freeflight's routes between Europe and the United States. If these routes are dropped, the revenue associated with the routes would be lost and the related variable costs saved. In addition, the company's total fixed costs would be reduced by 20 percent.
Segmented income statements for a typical month appear as follows (all amounts in millions of dollars):
Required
Prepare a differential cost schedule like the one in Exhibit 4.8 to indicate whether Freeflight should drop the routes between the United States and Europe.
Freeflight Airlines is presently operating at 70 percent of capacity. Management of the airline is considering dropping Freeflight's routes between Europe and the United States. If these routes are dropped, the revenue associated with the routes would be lost and the related variable costs saved. In addition, the company's total fixed costs would be reduced by 20 percent.
Segmented income statements for a typical month appear as follows (all amounts in millions of dollars):

Required
Prepare a differential cost schedule like the one in Exhibit 4.8 to indicate whether Freeflight should drop the routes between the United States and Europe.
Explanation
In a regular process of making profitabl...
Fundamentals of Cost Accounting 2nd Edition by William Lanen, Carolyn Wells, Michael Maher
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