Flight Planning - Cost Reduction

Cost Reduction

Commercial airlines generally wish to keep the cost of a flight as low as possible. There are three main factors which contribute to the cost:

  • amount of fuel needed (to complicate matters, fuel may cost different amounts at different airports),
  • actual flying time affects depreciation charges and maintenance schedules etc.,
  • overflight charges are levied by each country the aircraft flies over (notionally to cover air traffic control costs).

Different airlines have different views as to what constitutes a least-cost flight:

  • Least cost based only on time.
  • Least cost based only on fuel.
  • Least cost based on a balance between fuel and time.
  • Least cost based on fuel costs and time costs and overflight charges.

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