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Is this taking account full occupancy? If the flight is only 70% booked, wouldn't the fuel surcharge per passenger by higher?

• johansch 11y ago
  The passenger load factor has generally been going up since 2008. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways#Business_trends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways#Business_trend...
  • notahacker 11y ago
    Still a valid point when the gallons per passenger calculation is likely based on a full load, and his flight was more likely to have had an 80% load than a full load.
    • himynamesdave 11y ago
      Analysis does assume flight are operating at 100% capacity, which is likely to be improbable. But here's a thought; would airlines charge higher fuel surcharges p/pax for routes with lower ave. pax:capacity?