Originally Posted by
Cautious Optimist
I would have thought even the longest of Ws (Tenerife?) from a base much further away than NCL would require just a single crew, no hotel expenses etc, and with modern aircraft and high maintenance standards you shouldn't be factoring in potential costs of engineering support because why anticipate technical faults when the risk should be minimal anyway?
So what's in it for the airline? If you can operate a full programme from your base, why would you consider the additional cost and risk of a W flight unless it is going to be more profitable than the equivalent rotation from your base? As it is unlikely that anything on the W is going to be cheaper than operating from your base, you have to charge more...