Thanks
BeCarlson. A couple of points. A loaded 747 is
347 pax not 300, and they very often run to and from here 100% full.
And gas is sold per ton AFAIK, and most burn rates relate to tons IIRC on long haul, so the burn in tons on a long flight might give us a more accurate figure than a gallons per second figure.
But even using these pretty rough figurings, - it comes out to what - about $US200 a pax on a full 747 for fuel and we now pay for
QUARTER of it?
And Qantas is worse - they charge $A60 (the same ~$US47.35) fuel surcharge on EVERY It'l trip except HKG and NZ, and some of those are only 8 hours type flights. NZ flights which are only ~3 hours cop a $A40 fuel surcharge each way.
http://www.consolidatedtravel.com.au/qf/taxes.asp