DHL claimed in October 2007 :
"Interestingly, analysis undertaken in the OEF study on the Economic Impact of Express Carriers suggests that "the catalytic economic benefit for a flight by an express delivery operator is around £58,000. This is almost three times greater than for the typical UK passenger flight".
Can we compare like with like? Is it not fair to say the average freight flight is more likely to use widebodies in order to fit the cargo palettes?
The "typical UK passenger flight" of these days is somewhat smaller - more like the B738 or A320. Given that LHR's fee revenue is around 10x STNs despite pax numbers only being around 3x higher, does that not put a passenger flight at LHR on a par with the figure quoted?