Originally Posted by
cubfan99
Something is a bit fishy with those numbers. If the average profit per passenger is $5.42, and the profit margin is 2.4%, that would mean the average revenue per passenger is around $220. Even if that is before taxes, that seems like accounting voodoo. I can't imagine ANY route where the fare plus fees is as low as $220 these days, much less having all the routes average that.
If you look at it as a passenger on a one way trip for $220 that makes sense - $440 for a roundtrip ticket seems like an avereage fare. Especially if you add in all the reward tickets that = $0 of flight revenue