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It is in the interests of airlines to have longer flights to maximise in flight spending. Customers never had a say in this. Most people probably spend more tim
by verroq 13y ago
It is in the interests of airlines to have longer flights to maximise in flight spending. Customers never had a say in this. Most people probably spend more time in customs than on the plane anyway. A 20% decrease of air time isn't that big of a deal to most.
- jessriedel 13y agoI am very skeptical of this. The cost of fuel should dwarf the chance to buy an extra sandwich. Cite?
- pkfrank 13y agoI'm not sure I buy this. I think it's in the airlines' interests to minimize costs (fuel) by flying as efficiently as possible (maybe slower - maximizing air-time). I would be surprised if in-flight spending increased meaningfully over a flight that is ~15% longer.
- kyllo 13y agoYeah, I strongly doubt that in-flight spending on concessions and duty-free catalogs pays for the jet fuel expended over any appreciable time period during the flight.
- gaadd33 13y agoIs inflight spending that big of a profit center for airlines? I would think that being able to do (for example) 20% more trips full of paying customers in the same span of time would be far more profitable for the airline.
- ShabbyDoo 13y agoGiven that flight crews have government-mandated work hour limits and most crew members are paid hourly, it would take a lot of WiFi and drink sales to make-up even the labor costs of an artificially lengthened flight.