Timeline for How does cost per seat-mile differ between commercial and private jets?
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| Mar 27, 2019 at 4:53 | comment | added | Carey Gregory | Nicely done. Q.E.D. | |
| Jul 19, 2016 at 19:54 | comment | added | Jae Carr | I understand where you're coming from, but I think that other costs differences between large and small planes would have a very significant impact on the answer. I guess what I'm saying is I feel this is over simplified. Though I would agree that it's a reasonable starting point. | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 21:01 | comment | added | Keegan | @JayCarr, this was just to get the basic concept on paper (which I think it does). Obviously there's a WHOLE lot more to it. | |
| Jul 18, 2016 at 20:38 | comment | added | Jae Carr | I think you're forgetting some other important operational costs. Like the ramps fees and the pilots salary. | |
| Aug 19, 2014 at 8:20 | comment | added | Lnafziger | @Shaun Well, just for the record, there will normally be a rather large price disparity between fuel prices for the airline versus private jets that will skew the numbers even further towards the airliner. | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 17:01 | comment | added | Lnafziger | @robokaren That's what I was saying in my comment! :-) | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 16:58 | comment | added | RoboKaren | @Lnafziger if any thing, airlines should be able to get fuel cheaper due to futures contracts and economies of scale... | |
| Aug 15, 2014 at 2:38 | comment | added | Shaun | Thank you. That is what I was asking for. Since I don't know were you got the gal/min cost from, if we changed it to 14 passengers and 600mph what would that be? Not concerned with the accuracy of gas price at the moment this is more for comparison at any gas price. | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 22:23 | comment | added | Lnafziger | By the way, that fuel price for the airlines is WAY too high, and even private jets usually buy contract fuel and get fuel at cheaper locations than LAX. Airlines buy is such bulk though that they won't be paying anywhere near that, which gives them an even bigger advantage. | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 22:02 | comment | added | Khantahr | Good illustration right here. It's basically like comparing private cars to mass transit. Mass transit always wins in efficiency, but not always (or even usually) in convenience. | |
| Aug 14, 2014 at 20:57 | history | answered | Keegan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |