cfiaime@ihnp4.UUCP (Jeff Williams) (05/24/85)
Just a bit of information that I figured would be of interest. A
few weeks ago someone asked about cost of operation of air carrier
aircraft. Well, the following data is from the May "Air Transport
World" that came in yesterday.
For quarter ended 9/30/84
Cost item Boeing 757 Boeing 727-200
Eastern American Peoples
Traffic and Service
fleet size 15.0 122.2 27.6
Revenue Aircraft Miles
- scheduled 5,628,100 41,335,710 8,361,394
- all services 5,636,103 41,349,468 8,361,394
Hours flown - revenue 12,869 92,350 20,640
- total 12,904 92,495 20,671
Revenue scheduled departures 7,225 54,949 14,625
Fuel used - Gallons 16,743,932 139,888,926 31,381,436
Operating Indices
Utilization per day 9.3 hours 8.2 hours 8.1 hours
flight length - average 779 752 572
average speed (mph) 437 447 404
airborne
average speed (mph) 379 377 333
block
average seats per mile 185.0 144.0 185.0
average load factor 53.72% 63.33% 68.39%
gallons per flight hour 1,127 1,274 1,250
Aircraft Operating Expense - Dollars per Total Block Hour
Flying Operations
crew, salaries, and expenses 466.36 508.12 139.66
fuel, oil, and taxes 953.34 1,081.08 1,044.44
insurance 20.85 7.67 13.82
other (0.04) 0.00 93.26
total 1,440.51 1,596.87 1,291.19
Maintenance
airframe 36.45 78.55 198.64
engine 14.51 70.16 74.94
other 12.14 14.85 15.40
total direct 63.10 163.56 288.99
maintenance burden 40.49 109.70 0.00
total 103.59 273.26 288.99
Cash operating expense 1,544.10 1,870.13 1,580.17
Depreciation and rentals 497.95 212.30 151.12
Total aircraft operating exp. 2,042.05 2,082.43 1,731.29
cost per revenue mile 5.38 5.53 5.20
cost per seat mile (cents) 2.91 3.84 2.81
cost per gallon of fuel (cents) 81.32 83.13 83.43
cost per seat block hour 11.04 14.46 9.36
Looking at these figures can be fun, like you can see that Peoples
Express really is crowded and slow. Enjoy.
jeff williams
AT&T Bell Laboratories
ihnp4!cfiaimedavid@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) (06/01/85)
> >Aircraft Operating Expense - Dollars per Total Block Hour > >Flying Operations > crew, salaries, and expenses 466.36 508.12 139.66 > >Looking at these figures can be fun, like you can see that Peoples >Express really is crowded and slow. Enjoy. >Not to mention their low salaries! I've been informed that the reason for the low salaries is that Peoples Express employs only NON-UNION crew, including pilots. As well, various people in the transportation industry have told me that PE's policies (I'm not sure exactly which) have ticked off travel agents and other airlines. The net result, I was told, is that virtually nobody in the industry will do normal referrals to them (such as booking you on their flights (unless you specifically ask for them), or exchanging for a PE ticket if your flight is delayed, etc.). An EX-Peoples Express passenger (for reasons solely that their late arrivals and departures have caused me much grief). -- Dave Fiedler {harpo,astrovax,whuxcc,clyde}!infopro!dave People Phone: (201) 989-0570 USMail: InfoPro Systems, 3108 Route 10, Denville, NJ 07834 Caldwell Tower, this is 16 Lima, inbound for runway 4 with information Idiot...