Originally Posted by
dynamiteReady
That said, across certain product / service lines, the experience, in the main, is close to homogeneous. Especially amongst carriers of a certain class (the budget airlines often carry the same equipment, numbers of staff on routes, and levels of customer service).
It's probably easier to derive generic figures across different companies for similar products in the airline industry,
Generic figures for what? Short term fixed cost, short term marginal cost, long term fixed cost, long term marginal cost, direct cost, allocated cost - that's just a start at the profit
Yes, fuel consumption by airline type per mile would be similar across airlines. Cost per airplane by model would be somewhat similar. The fully allocated costing model that assigns IT expense per flight-mile would not be.