Thread: Why Layovers?
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Old 09-14-2006 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by MikeB525
If you think about it, it costs the airline ALOT of money in hotel costs. To layover a 737 crew you need to rent 5 hotel rooms.
so....?
And if you really think about it, ten rooms are required for a 737 overnight. The a.m. crew checcked in around 2:00pm and thr p.m. crew arrivives around midnight. We currently buy 230 rooms per night in LAS to cover our 23 terminating aircraft.
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