Originally Posted by
EI-BUD
Does anybody have any details on the difference on fuel burn would be over similar sectors between the new 72's and the 42's??
I think a bigger factor than the fuel burn is likely to be the aircraft capital cost. A twenty-something-year-old ATR42 can be leased for perhaps $40k-$50k per month whereas the equivalent for a brand new ATR72-600 is probably closer to $180k. That's around $4500 extra revenue per day that the airline needs to find, just to cover the lease costs. (Of course maintenance costs will be lower for the new aircraft.)