Originally Posted by
higney85
For math purposes, in RFP's a -200/-145 is around $1000/hr and a -900/-175 is around $1250. Corporate (a few hundred hours a year) vs a regional at 1000+ per airframe is a different metric. Carry on, just spitting out some realistic numbers for the math gurus.
The numbers I quoted were hourly direct operating cost - fuel, maintenance, engine reserve.
The only possible way you get a CRJ2 to $1000/hr is if somebody else is buying the fuel. Oh, wait...