With the DOT’s year-end 2024 T2 update published, we have updated our models using this source. Airlines are on a continual hunt for better fuel burn. Fuel represents about 45% of operational costs.
Below is one of these models that shows airlines and aircraft fuel burn.
to show steady fuel burn improvement over time. Its fleet updates primarily drive this. Newer aircraft are remarkably fuel-efficient compared to the previous generation. Our analysis suggests fuel burn is well over the 16% typically promised. It also helps, of course, that airlines have added more seats. What was a 150-seater in the previous generation is more like a 170-seater.
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