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I am interested to know where they got the savings estimate. $110M seems like a bit much for cutting the boarding time by 10 to 20 minutes. I was under the im
by pyoung 15y ago
I am interested to know where they got the savings estimate. $110M seems like a bit much for cutting the boarding time by 10 to 20 minutes. I was under the impression that most airline delays were caused by weather and traffic, not boarding times.
- joshwa 15y agoThere's actually a fair amount of time spent on the taxiway by arriving planes waiting for gates. Sometimes they'll shutdown and wait, but often they're sitting there idling. That's a lot of fuel savings by reducing time spent waiting for gates. Additionally, increased turnaround times means that airlines can fly (on a marginal basis) more flights per plane per day. On high-load-factor routes that increased revenue can be significant.