Originally Posted by
dublindispatch
I would think that any ATR version would be hard to make money on, im no aerosexual but i would love to know what the break even pax figure would be on an ATR v something like a B1900 or a DO8.
It's meaningless to talk about a breakeven pax figure without also talking about what yield you're getting from those pax. I could tell you that for a given route the breakeven pax number on an ATR42 is 25 and on a B1900 is 12 but that tells you precisely nothing because you don't know what the yields are. If the ATR42 requires 25 pax paying an average of €50 to break even whereas the B1900 needs only 12 pax but they have to be paying €80 each, which is better? (Note: numbers are made up, not real.) It depends on the characteristics of the route. If there are enough passengers for an ATR, it's a pretty cost-effective aircraft. A B1900 or D08 (that's a Dornier 228, right?) is far more of a niche product and won't allow low fares.
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