Tanking fuel burns more fuel and costs more. Every 1,000
pounds of fuel carried uses 200 pounds per hour just to
carry that extra fuel. [Those numbers will vary by type and
conditions].


"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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| "M" wrote:
|
| So why don't they raise their ticket price? The only
reason they
| abandon that line is their competition is able to hold
their price down
| by being even more efficient. All the fuel price talk
is just an
| excuse for the airlines.
|
| one of their competitors is Emirates Airlines. They refuel
at their
| homebase at ... aaaahhhhmmm ... very interesting rates.
|
| and rising ticket price might turn away 5% of current
customers, so the
| outcome would be the same.
|
| #m
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