Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
The actual cost of brining another aircraft type online is significantly more than the cost of the lease, the crew and the fuel. That first 737 or A320 also requires maintenance programs to be put in place, training of crews, increased crew costs, fleet management apparatus, insurance, "teething" expenses, etc etc.
Also, I'm curious where you got those figures from TD. Assuming they are accurate, thats a 40% increase in cost with no guarantee of being able to fill those seats.
I know it's a 40% increase and no guarantee of being able to fill the seats. You wouldn't use them on every single route though.
I found them by doing a goole for CRJ operating costs. It's on the ICAO webpage. I'll go see if I can find it.
Found it:
http://www.icao.int/icao/en/ro/allpi...g4/wp28app.pdf
Granted I wouldn't know my arse from a hole in the ground on the actual cost of it. I'm just basing it on the numbers here and a few things I've read posted by the Boyd group.
Duck