Cost Per Seat Mile
03-25-2007, 04:44 PM
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Cost Per Seat Mile
Lately I've been searching for a place where I could find the cost per seat mile of aircraft (just out of sheer curiosity). I've heard a lot of arguments that RJs are a lot less cost effective than larger jets or turboprops. I don't have reason to doubt these arguments wrong, but I was just wondering if there were any hard numbers out there to get. If anyone knows of a website/source, my curiosity would be much obliged. Thanks!
03-25-2007, 04:55 PM
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Lately I've been searching for a place where I could find the cost per seat mile of aircraft (just out of sheer curiosity). I've heard a lot of arguments that RJs are a lot less cost effective than larger jets or turboprops. I don't have reason to doubt these arguments wrong, but I was just wondering if there were any hard numbers out there to get. If anyone knows of a website/source, my curiosity would be much obliged. Thanks!
That's a start. Publicly traded airlines report their CASM (cost per available seat mile)..... The cost is directly related to the companies operational efficiency...as opposed to just the cost of gas, oil, maintenance, and underpaid crews.
03-25-2007, 05:00 PM
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http://www.bombardier.com/en/0_0/0_0...ay_16_2006.pdf
That's a start. Publicly traded airlines report their CASM (cost per available seat mile)..... The cost is directly related to the companies operational efficiency...as opposed to just the cost of gas, oil, maintenance, and underpaid crews.
That's a start. Publicly traded airlines report their CASM (cost per available seat mile)..... The cost is directly related to the companies operational efficiency...as opposed to just the cost of gas, oil, maintenance, and underpaid crews.
03-25-2007, 05:01 PM
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Aviation Week seems to publish this annually, but it's a subscription site.
I know off the top of my head that SWA CASM is less than $0.09, while RJ's are typically $0.11+
Other mainline airplanes vary from $ 0.09 - $0.14+, IIRC.
Keep in mind that RJ CASMs are artificially low due to slave-labor wages...and SWA still has them beat.
Bigger airplanes inherently are more effecient (economy of scale), but there are lots of variables other than size...age, Mx, type of operation, labor cost, etc. A high CASM might still be profitable if nobody else wants to bother with the route in question, and you can charge accordingly.
I know off the top of my head that SWA CASM is less than $0.09, while RJ's are typically $0.11+
Other mainline airplanes vary from $ 0.09 - $0.14+, IIRC.
Keep in mind that RJ CASMs are artificially low due to slave-labor wages...and SWA still has them beat.
Bigger airplanes inherently are more effecient (economy of scale), but there are lots of variables other than size...age, Mx, type of operation, labor cost, etc. A high CASM might still be profitable if nobody else wants to bother with the route in question, and you can charge accordingly.
03-25-2007, 07:23 PM
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Lately I've been searching for a place where I could find the cost per seat mile of aircraft (just out of sheer curiosity). I've heard a lot of arguments that RJs are a lot less cost effective than larger jets or turboprops. I don't have reason to doubt these arguments wrong, but I was just wondering if there were any hard numbers out there to get. If anyone knows of a website/source, my curiosity would be much obliged. Thanks!
03-25-2007, 09:02 PM
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Aviation Week seems to publish this annually, but it's a subscription site.
I know off the top of my head that SWA CASM is less than $0.09, while RJ's are typically $0.11+
Other mainline airplanes vary from $ 0.09 - $0.14+, IIRC.
Keep in mind that RJ CASMs are artificially low due to slave-labor wages...and SWA still has them beat.
Bigger airplanes inherently are more effecient (economy of scale), but there are lots of variables other than size...age, Mx, type of operation, labor cost, etc. A high CASM might still be profitable if nobody else wants to bother with the route in question, and you can charge accordingly.
I know off the top of my head that SWA CASM is less than $0.09, while RJ's are typically $0.11+
Other mainline airplanes vary from $ 0.09 - $0.14+, IIRC.
Keep in mind that RJ CASMs are artificially low due to slave-labor wages...and SWA still has them beat.
Bigger airplanes inherently are more effecient (economy of scale), but there are lots of variables other than size...age, Mx, type of operation, labor cost, etc. A high CASM might still be profitable if nobody else wants to bother with the route in question, and you can charge accordingly.
03-25-2007, 09:03 PM
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03-26-2007, 08:00 AM
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Take those numbers with a grain of salt....As of SUMMER 2000
03-26-2007, 08:06 AM
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I'm certain that the 777 or A330 would have the lowest CASM.
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