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Does someone have analysis of breakdown of flight costs? fuel cost % plane lease/mortgage % aiport facility costs % Pilot + crew + food/drinks costs % Prof
by nojvek 3y ago
Does someone have analysis of breakdown of flight costs?
fuel cost %
plane lease/mortgage %
aiport facility costs %
Pilot + crew + food/drinks costs %
Profit %
My understanding is that for hydrogen to take off, it needs to become significantly cheaper than jet fuel and just as much energy dense.
- notahacker 3y agoIt varies significantly by airline, route and aircraft type. There is some open data on this from Form 41 filings sent to the FAA (here's a piece of analysis based on it https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/policy_guidance/benefit_cost/econ-value-section-4-op-costs.pdf https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies...) Fuel and maintenance tends to cost more than the aircraft lease or financing/depreciation costs, so yes they'd have to justify it economically based on the fuel being affordable (and possibly lower maintenance)? In the near term, I think proponents of hydrogen aviation are expecting increases in taxes on jet fuel to do some of the work on operating economics, whilst they build out their own infrastructure.