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I once worked with someone who was perviously a consultant to a large airline and they dropped the size of their inflight magazine ~20 years ago to save weight
by wp381640 7y ago
I once worked with someone who was perviously a consultant to a large airline and they dropped the size of their inflight magazine ~20 years ago to save weight and then were amongst the first airlines to drop it all together for the same reason
They figured out the $ they would save p.a with every change of page length, paper weight, etc. (it was partially offset by advertisers and onboard sales but not enough)
I can't recall the exact numbers but they were significant enough to warrant expensive external suits who eat their lunches at their desks doing the calculations and going ahead with it
- mcbain 7y agoThere are listicles with these kinds of stats every now and then (and I’m usually a sucker for them), like this one: https://www.traveller.com.au/airline-weight-reduction-to-save-fuel-the-crazy-ways-airlines-save-weight-on-planes-h14vlh https://www.traveller.com.au/airline-weight-reduction-to-sav... Scaling any kind of issue changes things dramatically.
- spyckie2 7y agothanks, appreciated this article more than the parent.