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Old Jan 21, 2017, 5:45 am
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Originally Posted by jonas123
This is of course only 1 flight and I think it was short. There haven't been a huge amount of reviews on the longer sectors so would be interested to see what the take up is when the service beds in. I wouldn't expect a big take on domestic / short routes, but wouldn't be surprised if the longer routes rake in in the hundreds of pounds. 4 of those sectors a day at say £200 takings is £80 commission, or £20 each split between 4. Not ground breaking but that adds up over a month to £240 if you fly 3 days a week (obviously my calculations could be way off the mark!). Adding that to a base of £1000 a month for mixed fleet isn't insignificant
Is the commission rate really 40%? (80/200?)
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