Fuel burn impact and associated savings due to tare weight reduction has been going on at least back to the early 1980's fuel crisis. When passengers learn of the decision to eliminate magazines, then decide to bring their own magazines onboard, I'll bet more replacement weight of "personal IFE" is boarded than is saved by the magazines' initial removal. - Bob Mann -- R.W. Mann & Company, Inc. >> Airline Industry Analysis Port Washington, NY 11050 >> tel 516-944-0900, fax -7280 mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxx >> URL http://www.RWMann.com/ This e-mail is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the above sender immediately then delete the original e-mail. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Michael A. Burris wrote: >AIRLINE: > >Northwest, and many of the others, must also be saving >on weight. The magazines together, might add up to >the weight of a small child, but the elimination of >some food, might have some savings, too. > >Has any of the airlines calculated what that savings >is? > >Mike Burris >Cambridge, Mass > > >--- lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >>Northwest To Stop Supplying Magazines To Save >>$565,000 >> >> >> >>Wednesday June 1, 11:11 AM EDT >> >> >>MINNEAPOLIS (AP)--In yet another effort to cut its >>non-labor costs, Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWAC) >>stopped carrying Newsweek, Glamour and other >>magazines on its planes and in its passenger club >>lounges on Wednesday. >> >>Cutting magazine subscriptions out of the budget >>will save the airline $565, 000 in the coming year, >>said Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch. >> >>World Traveler, Northwest's monthly in-house >>magazine, will still be available. >> >>"Give me a break," said Troy Feldpausch of New >>Boston, Mich., who often travels on Northwest as a >>software training consultant. "This is unbelievable >>( and) ridiculous. I guess I'll just bring my own >>magazines." >> >>Northwest, the nation's fourth-largest airline, lost >>$458 million in the last quarter alone and has been >>struggling with high fuel costs and tough labor >>negotiations. >> >> >> >>Last week, Northwest said that on June 9 it will >>drop free pretzels on all domestic flights. >> >>Terry Trippler, a Minneapolis-based travel analyst, >>said Northwest might be making a public relations >>blunder. >> >>"There is absolutely a point where you can take too >>much away from the customers," Trippler said. >> >>Northwest is also proposing $2-per-bag fee for >>skycap service. About 15% of Northwest passengers >>use the skycap baggage-check service where it is >>available. The skycap service handles about four >>million bags a year. >> >>UAL Corp.'s (UALAQ) United Airlines has had success >>with its recent fee for skycap baggage checks in >>Seattle, so Northwest is running a trial fee in that >>city this month to see how passengers react. >> >>Northwest will also try to assess its possible >>savings and the impact the fee has on baggage checks >>at self-service terminals and ticket counters. >> >>Historically, skycap baggage checks have been free, >>but it's customary to tip the baggage handlers. >> >>"I don't think it will work," said Bobby De Pace, >>president of District 143 of the International >>Association of Machinists, which represents most >>Northwest ground workers. "People won't pay." >> >>If it does work, he said, it would cost skycaps >>their tips. >> >>AMR Corp.'s (AMR) American Airlines, which ditched >>all but in-house magazines in the fall of 2001, also >>has been experimenting in Seattle with charging $2 >>per bag for curbside bag checks. >> >> >>Roger >>EWROPS >> >> >>