Let's see:
For A320 variants - average burn per holding pattern = 180kg or 36kg/min.
36kg = 45lt = 9.899 gallons
9.899 gallons x USD 1.728 = USD 17.105 = GBP 9.00
So, £9 per minute for a modern, efficient, medium shorthaul jet which far outnumbers the heavies in the skies around London.
Now take an representative passenger load of 120. That's 7.5p per minute per passenger or £4.50 per hour.
In an hour, a family car might cover 70 miles at 35 mpg which is 2 gallons.
The cost of 2 gallons of 4-star is:
£0.88 x 4.5459 x 2 = £8.00
The jet begins to look good doesn't it?
And before anyone tells me, I know that Jet A1 isn't taxed!
Chris Evans is a p*****r.
Last edited by Wingswinger; 26th February 2007 at 20:00.