Goinv From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 262 posts, RR: 2 Posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 10089 times:
Hi,
Eastern Airways - www.easternairways.com - are offering a return flight from Inverness (UK) to Aberdeen (UK) for £267.70, travelling out today and back tomorrow.
Savings can be made by booking in advance - it drops to £157.
The journey time is 25 minutes - including taxi etc and the mileage, as the crow (or Jetsteam 31) flies is about 60 miles. Travelling today, that works out at £4.45 per mile, booking in advance it drops to £2.61 per mile.
By comparison the train takes 150 minutes and costs less that £20 and driving time is the same with similar costs.
Does anyone know of a more expensive trip - mile per mile?
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Trekster From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 9943 times:
Eastern do seem to be a high priced airliner, especially for the type of planes that they use, I did hear a rumor that they serve champagne on there flts, is that true, or am i just being stupid?????
NYCFlyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 1381 posts, RR: 10 Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 9800 times:
I'm not going to do the math, but flights to/from Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are extremely expensive, on a per/mile basis. LGA-ACK can easily run you as high as $700 in high season, for a USX flight that is in the 200-250 mile range.
Geoffm From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 2111 posts, RR: 7 Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 9700 times:
I can't find the exact fare, but Papa Westray to Westray may well be the most expensive (also the world's shortest flight, of course) - somewhere around £14 per mile.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11254 posts, RR: 63 Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 9614 times:
Air Southwest offer PLH-NQY and return for around £190 (their website appears to be down so I can't check), flying time can be as little as 10 minutes and is only around 40 miles each way. They call themselves a LCC, yet this is the cheapest fare they offer!
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18883 posts, RR: 54 Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 9507 times:
Eastern Airways is a business-orientated airline. I doubt many people on their flights would be paying their own fares. Good for the airline, of course, if they can earn a profit doing that.
Air Southwest can be very expensive (including on routes other than PLH-NQY), but then all airlines can. Remember that low-cost, no-frills does not necessarily mean low-fares. But it does, of course, completely or substantially erode the value-for-money element.
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Richardw From United Kingdom, joined May 2001, 3712 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 9449 times:
You are including taxes, fees and charges which are fixed costs. The picture would be clearer if these were removed and then the cost per mile calculated.
Kempa From Brazil, joined Aug 2003, 372 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 9145 times:
Similar stuff in the US. $595.40 in US Dollars
Hagerstown, MD to Pittsburgh, PA: 143 miles 55 min
US Airways Flight US4757 on a Beech 1900 (prop plane) in coach class
(operated by US Airways Express - Air Midwest Airlines)
Departs Hagerstown, MD (HGR) Fri, May 27 6:00a 55 min
Arrives Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) 6:55a
Pittsburgh, PA to Hagerstown, MD: 143 miles 55 min
US Airways Flight US4758 on a Beech 1900 (prop plane) in coach class
(operated by US Airways Express - Air Midwest Airlines)
Departs Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) Fri, May 27 1:55p 55 min
Arrives Hagerstown, MD (HGR) 2:50p
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 8938 times:
Quoting Trb10 (Reply 13): EXT-JER can be incredibly expensive if booked last minute £279.60 to be exact and thats only 25 mins too.....
Anything out of EXT is outrageous once you tack on EUR65.00 worth of taxes and fees !! Blimey.
I was looking at a BE fare BES-EXT-BES, EUR7.45 each way (probably GBP5.00) - fare total EUR87.00 with taxes and fees.
Now there is no way the company running EXT is charging BE EUR30.00 per passenger, so methinks BE is tacking on a hefty "fuel" (ie. this is our profit margin) surcharge. They can f.r.o.
FRAspotter From United States of America, joined May 2004, 2316 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 7470 times:
Quoting Geoffm (Reply 4): I can't find the exact fare, but Papa Westray to Westray may well be the most expensive (also the world's shortest flight, of course) - somewhere around £14 per mile.
Yeah, I was reading about that route in AIRWAYS magazine a while ago and that it is the shortest scheduled flight with a flight time of 1.5 minutes and on a day with good tail winds, can be done in about 60 seconds. Quite ridiculous for what they charge for the flight averaging to about 15 Pounds per mile when it is only 3-4 mile flight to start with.
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ScottB From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 6373 posts, RR: 34 Reply 18, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 6111 times:
That's nothing compared to PHL-LGA on US Airways Express. $662.90 round-trip for a 96-mile trip on Dash-8's or regional jets. Or PHL-ABE at $544.40 for the 55-mile trip.
AzoresLover From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 745 posts, RR: 7 Reply 20, posted (8 years 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4948 times:
Airlinerfreak -
That seemed a bit high to me. What airline did you check, and are you talking about 2 people?
I checked Qantas NS RT LAX-SYD on their web site, and for flights on Wednesdays, Jun 15 going, June 22 returning, got a first class fare of $13,836.68 for one person, which would be $27,673.36 for two people.
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