I’m considering getting one of those cheap tickets you see which is a direct round trip from MSP to Orlando for $60 including fees (it wasnt the date i wanted but it was cheap). How does that make economic sense for the airline? Sure the plane is making the trip anyway, but how can hauling my 200lbs of man meat 1500miles for $30 each direction not more than offset the fuel?
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even a medium sized plane like an A320 weights over 60 tons completely empty and almost 80 tons when fully loaded.
adding a few people to the plane will barely change anything regarding fuel consumption but any money you earn is more than you would have otherwise had.
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