The true cost of flying

Doc67 · Post by **Doc67** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:09 pm

How's this for a government making far more money than any airline. $44 fare + $99.49 of bullshit. This fare includes a 20k checked case too.

Dario · Post by **Dario** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:42 pm

Not sure you can fairly be calling it bullshit. Looking at how far Medellin has come from the quasi warzone like hellhole it was even 25 years ago.
Since 44$ don't represent the true cost of flying, i think that's a great opportunity to generate funds for city development.
Of course i have no insight in any details of how the monies are used, but the idea itself seems sound to me.

ego bibere nimis · Post by **ego bibere nimis** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:56 pm

Dario wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:42 pm Not sure you can fairly be calling it bullshit. Looking at how far Medellin has come from the quasi warzone like hellhole it was even 25 years ago.
Since 44$ don't represent the true cost of flying, i think that's a great opportunity to generate funds for city development.
Of course i have no insight in any details of how the monies are used, but the idea itself seems sound to me.

Airports don't run themselves for free either...

Post by **Freightdog** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:56 pm

As much as I’m highly critical of the internal waste by airlines, and there is a lot, but try this for size-

A B737-800, configured for economy class 189seats, operating on a charter service- an airline company operating on behalf of a tour operator, might make around €3000 profit from one flight.

A profit easily wiped out by things like Passenger compensation EU26something, which might account for easily 20x the prospective profit.(some of which is valid, but it’s a vicious circle, sometimes)

The cost of travel has reduced markedly, the proportion of taxes against overall costs is quite surprising. Alarming even.
The margins are small, but the expectations are high. Something has to give…