FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Fuel costs: 1 penny increase = $17,500,000.00?
Old Jul 16, 2006 | 7:47 am
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grizzly
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Doesn't seem high to me. An A332 uses ~2360gal/hr at cruise (much more during climb of course). A $0.01 increase in fuel price yields a $23.60 increase in hourly fuel cost. Since it's a long range plane, lets conservatively say its in the air 50% of the time over the course of a year. That's 4,380 hours. 4380 x $23.60 = $103,368 increase in annual fuel costs for a single A332.
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