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> It seems like false economy to say charging $25 per luggage checked make sense when you have now added 40 minutes to each flight. It makes sense to the airli
by privong 11y ago
> It seems like false economy to say charging $25 per luggage checked make sense when you have now added 40 minutes to each flight.
It makes sense to the airlines. For them, it probably doesn't matter that much if you leave a bit late. The cost of the flight doesn't change with how much time it takes to board, so they're making more money by charging for bags (even if not that many people check bags). There might be 2nd order effects, like shifts being affected because flights take a bit longer, but I can't imagine that overwhelms the additional income from charging for bags.
- martinald 11y agoOn short flights that 40m could be another 40-50% of the flight time. The cost of a plane is v. expensive. Sitting on the tarmac for 1/3rd longer is VERY expensive, just in deprecation/interest/lease payments. However, it probably makes sense because I imagine some/all airports charge luggage handling fees per item/kg, that are probably quite expensive.
- bogomipz 11y agoHow can you make that claim? One of the largest costs for an airline are the union labor costs associated with their operations. So another 40 minutes should very much matter to an airline. The longer a plane stays at a gate the less gates are available for other flights. Its not uncommon to have to wait for a gate or a jetway now after landing. It happened to me last week and we sat on the tarmac. You can't tell me this sort of inefficiency doens' contribute to labor costs - unionized labor costs at that.