Comments on: What Have Airlines Removed from Aircraft to Save Weight? http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2008/07/15/what-have-airlines-removed-from-aircraft-to-save-weight/ Airline News and Commentary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:13:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: charlie http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2008/07/15/what-have-airlines-removed-from-aircraft-to-save-weight/#comment-4868 charlie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:08:07 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/?p=2342#comment-4868 OK. This is just mean. "In removing seatback phones from its MD-80s and B737-400s, another airline shed 200 pounds per airplane, translating into 3,400+ gallons saved annually" average passenger + 1 bag = at least 200 pound 3400 gallons of fuel @ 3.19 a gallon (what AA paid last Q = $10,846 10.846 / 365 = $29 a day number of passengers on a MD-80 plane: about 140? capacity: probably around 80% number of paying seats: lets say 110 average price of a segment on a MD-80 medium haul ticket: about $175 what the airline pulls in on that plane per segment: $19250 number of times a day that plane is used: around 10? revenue per day: about 200K per plane so, by pulling the seatback phones you are saving .01 percent of the revenue you are bringing in. Basically, if you had managed to raise the ticket price by a one tenth of one penny, that would have been the same fuel saving. I realize it is a competitive market, but I think an airline could raise the fare by a penny and get away with it. OK. This is just mean.

“In removing seatback phones from its MD-80s and B737-400s, another airline shed 200 pounds per airplane, translating into 3,400+ gallons saved annually”

average passenger + 1 bag = at least 200 pound
3400 gallons of fuel @ 3.19 a gallon (what AA paid last Q = $10,846
10.846 / 365 = $29 a day
number of passengers on a MD-80 plane: about 140?
capacity: probably around 80%
number of paying seats: lets say 110
average price of a segment on a MD-80 medium haul ticket: about $175
what the airline pulls in on that plane per segment: $19250
number of times a day that plane is used: around 10?
revenue per day: about 200K per plane

so, by pulling the seatback phones you are saving .01 percent of the revenue you are bringing in.

Basically, if you had managed to raise the ticket price by a one tenth of one penny, that would have been the same fuel saving.

I realize it is a competitive market, but I think an airline could raise the fare by a penny and get away with it.

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]]> By: tj http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2008/07/15/what-have-airlines-removed-from-aircraft-to-save-weight/#comment-4867 tj Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:27:55 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/?p=2342#comment-4867 fair article, but tacky comments. i would not return to that site. fair article, but tacky comments. i would not return to that site.

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