Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
Fuel is the airline's t

p expense. Cost savings there affects everything else.
Oh I absolutely agree. But there will come a point where with the current fleet and replacement aircraft deliveries (739s for 757s) can only bring in so much in additional savings. Meaning unless they are fitting rockets to get the planes to sonic cruise and then turning the planes into gliders or eliminating seats on the plane altogether (weight savings!) you can only do so much until the next generation of aircraft comes on line.