You can throw any statistic you like onto the problem, and I can't fault you for that. But the bottom line is that the fuel savings are huge in a business where the margins are very tiny. So every kg counts even or maybe especially in short haul low cost.
You talk about perspective, well, remember that these huge airlines only made about 300-500 million profit. That's not much. Saving 30 tons of fuel or more on a daily basis has a large impact. The proper perspective is: don't sweat about these figures. Save fuel when you can, don't economize when you can't.
Last edited by PENKO; 4th Jan 2013 at 10:46.