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According to their site they ran ~1.6 million flights in 2019 so they saved $0.18/flight which across their operating revenue of $43.259 billion is a rounding e
by rtkwe 7y ago
According to their site they ran ~1.6 million flights in 2019 so they saved $0.18/flight which across their operating revenue of $43.259 billion is a rounding error even when it adds up to 300k.
- mlyle 7y agoA rounding error, but still worthwhile. $300k here, $300k there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money ;). Anyways, the main point: passengers and their luggage on a 737-sized craft might weigh 15,000 kilos. You might save 340 kilograms/hour by flying slower, too, so a 6 hour flight without passengers could move 17 tonnes more than it did with pax onboard, so long as you have space for what you're shipping.