tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118460937928958757.post7687459765259487454..comments2024-01-17T13:23:35.896-05:00Comments on aeroturbopower: COC and DOCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118460937928958757.post-84451434293304738632011-07-19T06:35:24.152-04:002011-07-19T06:35:24.152-04:00The cargo argument is one that is usually missing,...The cargo argument is one that is usually missing, good point. However, the market has to be there to fill the belly, so it most probably will not apply for all routes, which again needs to be factored into the equation.<br />Regarding the operating costs of -800 vs. A320 it is worth noting that the extra seats above 150 require an extra flight attendant, eating into the profit potential, something that I rarely see in the comparison of numbers.flystarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8118460937928958757.post-51417087896005595092011-04-28T11:02:15.380-04:002011-04-28T11:02:15.380-04:00Scott Hamilton is known in the Industry to refer t...Scott Hamilton is known in the Industry to refer to Line AirFreight the "Crazy Uncle" of airliners ... but in Europe/Asia a better nickname for Line Airfreight would be to call it their "First Concubine", this to say that for fair comparisons of the RGC (revenue generating capability) of eg. A321 taken as an all-YC 32" pitched aircraft, the correct formular is A321 = 198 + 4 x AKH/Phi where AKH is the VOLUME of the AKH (LD3-45 Container, ie 127 cuft) and where Phi is the revenue conversion factor between Line AirFreight vs YCff (net revenue from one Y-class full-fare paying passenger); at current market conditions, Phi is somewhere between 8 cuft and 16 cuft, so one AKH is equivalent in RGC to between 8 and 15 pax, take 10 as a ball-park value, so the capacity of A321 really is 198 "seats" + 4 x 10 = 40 "virtual underbelly seats-equivalent", total 238 "generalised seats", vs some corresponding number for 737NG-900 ... however, what is the real LINE AIRFREIGHT equivalence of the 737NG-900, which we all know is BULK-LOADED, with all the related airport ground rotation planning head-aches ?<br /><br />That's why A320 Series (with or without NEO)- although a more costly investment vs the direct 737NG Series equivalent - is selling faster.<br /><br />Don't let Scott mislead you into reducing A320 Series to solely its maindeck cabin : a SMR Feeder module is really Two-Aircraft-in-One, when counting with the Cargo Holds.<br /><br />TwinAisleFeeders<br />http://www.wix.com/twinaislefeeders/quickrotationFrequent Travellerhttp://www.wix.com/twinaislefeeders/quickrotationnoreply@blogger.com