Originally Posted by
blubak
I think they may be subsidised to a point of break even if required but i could be wrong.
If Howard Springs can be ramped up definitely a good idea but it cannot be an open ended expansion as some have suggested.
Your probably right subsidies to break even.
However let’s look at the sums. These were very rough figures I read a while ago before tax.
42 business x $6,000 = $252,000
28 premium x $4,000 = $112,000
102 economy x $2000 = $204,000
Total = $568,000 / 36 hours = $15,777 per hour.
Not withstanding any cargo revenue, plus they had sold seats DRW - SYD after a previous repat flight.
Even if the figures are out by 20% it shows that the sums add up.
Now try that on a 777 with 30 passengers.
Why do we need repat charters? One reason is no wide body airlines operate to Darwin, Canberra or Hobart.