Business or not, on <500 sectors I prefer to drive. They've made the airport/flying experience so damned unpleasant since Sept. 11 I'd rather drive in my nice air-conditioned and economical Accord with CD player and my choice of restaurants, than be crammed into an RJ, eating peanuts after wrestling sweaty airport crowds. Of course if I was really industrious I'd get my IFR ticket and trade the Cherokee for something a bit more substantial with deice and radar. Unfortunately I can't afford the latter :-( Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Addison Schonland" <addison@schonland.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: Re: Fokker 100s costs > Bear in mind a interesting fact I heard yesterday from an industry person - > on the average RJ flight, 65% of pax are business fliers. Many leisure > people prefer to drive rather than pay the price for <500 mile flights....no > wonder these planes are popular. Perhaps a carrier could pick up these > F100s cheap as overgrown RJs? > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of > boblochry > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:07 AM > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Fokker 100s costs > > > Mike, > > The article did not specify the cost basis used, but it seems that when > ever > people in the airline industry talk about "direct operating costs" they are > referring to "cost per seat mile". Obviously, more seats give a larger > airplane > an advantage by spreading the flights costs over a larger number of seats. > Cost > per seat mile does not address other concerns such as profitability. > > Bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Gammon" <jmgammon@sympatico.ca> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:57 AM > Subject: Re: Fokker 100s costs > > > > Are we talking per hour, per seat mile, per flight? > > > > Mike Gammon > > > > > > > > From: boblochry <boblochry@msn.com> > > > Date: 2002/08/21 Wed PM 10:18:57 EDT > > > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > > > Subject: Fokker 100s costs > > > > > > Direct operating costs of the Fokker 100s owned by American and US > > > Airways are 50% higher than those of Boeing 737s operated by those > > > carriers, said Mort Beyer of Morten Beyer and Agnew. Operating costs > > > of 50-seat regional jets are 100% higher than those of the 737s. > > > > >