Anyone know the average cost per pound to fly 1,000 miles at $3/gallon fuel?
Jul 12, 2007, 9:18 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Interesting. I think that shows the total fuel cost per passenger based on actual fuel consumption. But perhaps the cost per 4 oz is not right, because removing 4 oz of payload doesn't make the aircraft itself any lighter, you still have the fixed cost of carrying the airplane's weight.
I didn't have fuel consumption data so I used minimum fuel carried as an approximation. I also ignored the fuel required to carry the weight of the plane because we only wanted the marginal cost of extra payload weight.
I didn't have fuel consumption data so I used minimum fuel carried as an approximation. I also ignored the fuel required to carry the weight of the plane because we only wanted the marginal cost of extra payload weight.
Jul 12, 2007, 9:54 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 16
I've heard of some puddle jumper flights that weighed customers and luggage to balance the plane, but I've never been on one. I'm guessing the first airline that includes customer weigh-ins as part of its pricing and ticketing will lose all its potential female customers, and will never earn a dime thereafter. 
DB