Originally Posted by
helicrazi
Theres no straight forward answer to this, theres numerous factors that come into play.
To name a few:
lease cost agreement of said aircraft
aircraft owned outright by operator
Maintenance agreements
charging by the seat or the hour
prepaid flying hours / service charge
Charging from rotors or taxi
Operational costs
Client requirements on currency / qualifications of crew
The list is literally endless.. and all goes into the cost of the aircraft to run to a customer.
Depending on the customer the aircraft to customer x could be 1 and the exact same flight to customer y could be 2...