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>Fuel is weak argument. Vendover Productions recently did a video on youtube around costs around flying. IIRC the cost was less than 10%. I found that hard to
by wallace_f 10y ago
>Fuel is weak argument. Vendover Productions recently did a video on youtube around costs around flying. IIRC the cost was less than 10%.
I found that hard to believe so I Google'd it. I came up with 35%
You have fixed costs and variable costs. I would guess that is the reason for the discrepancy.
- dzhiurgis 10y agoAccording to that guy its even less than that: https://www.google.co.nz/amp/bgr.com/2016/05/16/why-is-flying-expensive/amp/?client=safari https://www.google.co.nz/amp/bgr.com/2016/05/16/why-is-flyin... 2.5$ for 70$ flight
- wallace_f 10y agoAccording to the Boston Globe it's 34% [1] According to that link its claim that a fully loaded A320 uses $2.50 worth of fuel from DC to NYC @ 105MPG. Solving for $, they're claiming jet fuel $ = 1.33/g That puts jet fuel at half the price of unleaded in many states, including California. I didn't believe that until I checked the price online and found it's currently @ $1.50. Didn't know jet fuel is cheaper than gas. One additional note - DC to NYC is a very short flight. Ratio of fuel cost to ticket price likely increases with flight distance. 1 - https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/11/17/fuel-prices-are-lower-why-aren-airline-tickets-cheaper/6IO8Hkcy4Norm71MzAvfaJ/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/11/17/fuel-prices-...