It does mean all bookings, almost 90% over the Web, are firm credit-card sales, the flight costs determined by yield-management software familiar to any airline customer.
Note that in order to board one of these flights, you must sign an evacuation agreement stating that you will reimburse the US government for flight costs (equivalent to commercial flight costs).
During winters in the state of Alaska and Pacific northwest, the cost of operations rose significantly due to additional expenditure on airplane de-icing, frequent flight cancellations and accommodation costs of displaced passengers.
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All costs associated with the flight were handled by that pilot.
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In the hypothetical 100-passenger flight, 16 people cover these costs.
Mr. COWING: Well, you can average half a billion dollars for every shuttle flight, but there are some costs that are there regardless of whether they fly five flights a year or two, and it's about on the order of three or so billion dollars a year.
All service costs are already allocated: The flight attendants have to be on the plane anyway and there is space in the luggage compartment.
These numbers are made up for demonstration purposes, but whenever an airline cancels a flight that they are not obligated to incur costs for in terms of stranded passengers, and flies them later on existing flights, they reduce their operating costs while still capturing the revenue.
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The fares travelers pay typically have little relation to how far you fly, even though airline costs are largely dependent on the length of a flight.
Governments are willing to bear these higher costs to avoid the kind of dumping and capital flight that took place during the Asian crisis, but it is curious that local investors require more compensation than international investors.
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Life vests add only 23 kilograms per flight, which means they are not a serious hindrance to fuel costs, he said.
Flights could be reduced, cutting into flight availability and causing prices to rise at a time when jet fuel costs are already making airline ticket prices soar.
Its estimated costs are grounded in data developed during more than 10 million 767 flight hours.
The study also found that high fuel costs eroded the ability of airlines to grow their fleet and expand flight routes.
Most travellers prefer using travel agents to calling every airline themselves or figuring out how to work the flight-booking services on commercial online services, especially since using an agent costs them no more.
The common perspective on manufacturing in the United States is that the flight of jobs overseas represents a growing and irreversible trend, mostly due to lower wage costs abroad and a comparatively inhospitable U.S. economic environment for manufacturers.
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With the White House and Congress pressuring NASA to reduce space station costs and construction delays, the agency felt compelled to adhere to a fixed shuttle flight schedule for station missions, which would affect non-station missions as well, the report said.
Firs Alam, whose flight to Tokyo was grounded, said he was having a "disgusting time" and was incurring costs due to the cancellation.
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