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Airlines were a lot more expensive everywhere back then. The majority of the drop in airline prices is from improving aircraft. They use ~1/3 the fuel per pas
by Retric 2y ago
Airlines were a lot more expensive everywhere back then. The majority of the drop in airline prices is from improving aircraft. They use ~1/3 the fuel per passenger mile today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#/media/File:Aviation_Efficiency_(RPK_per_kg_CO2).svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft#/medi...
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoHow much of that "fuel per passenger" metric comes from simply packing passengers tighter?
- Retric 2y agoOn net close to 0. Roughly 50% the cargo holds of passenger aircraft are now taken up by air freight which adds quite a bit of drag and isn’t part of those comparisons and offsets the reduction in passenger legroom. That freight also helps explain why nearly empty flights can make sense economically.