Originally Posted by
WRCSolberg
So, assuming a 787 flying NRT-JFK burns 150,000 pounds of fuel, that's roughly $71,000 in fuel. Plus overhead, that's still a tidy sum of profit.
Yes but the aircraft travelled NRT-JFK-NRT, with JFK-NRT empty according to the article.
So, double the fuel amount and adding all the overheads doesn't leave much profit.