Originally Posted by
Chesty Morgan
30 passengers paying how much?
Back in the day when fuel was cheaper a figure of 35 passengers was mooted by Flybe for break even.
I suspect your figure of 30 is way wide of the mark these days.
Indeed. If they could break even at 30 pax on a Q400 Flybe1 would still be here.
Ryanair say their break even load factor is 55%. And they are masters at ancillary revenue, using dense 737s.
If they are making money carrying less than half a plane load of people at the fares they charge while paying for fuel, landing fees, crew costs, admin charges etc and all the other costs then well done. And if the load figures quoted are correct that means they should be on their way to making a healthy profit. Fantastic.
If this is true it’s wonderful and should allow plenty more routes to flourish.