An Airbus A330 (there are two versions, -200 and -300) burns something around 4800 kg of fuel per hour. Assuming a little over 1 liter per kg (in no way am I intending to even try to be precise here), this is an operational cost, in fuel alone, of something like $3300-$3400 an hour.
A discussion on A330 vs. A340 fuel burn. Note that only the last poster drifted off into colonial units. Fuel burn per passenger-km gives an idea of how much of the fare goes to pay for the fuel. http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/tech_ops/read.main/193961/ I'm happy she's OK and sorry that her trip got wrecked. Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 09:14 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:47703] Abby is safe, is AP changing? This teenage girl is sailing around the world solo (are her parents crazy?) and contact was lost yesterday. She is OK but the boat has been dismasted in a bad storm. Rescue is on the way. However, this AP story gives all but one measurement reference in dual. Very unusual for them, the AP style guide pretends metric doesn't exist. While we would all prefer metric in the primary position, this is still an improvement and deserves to be recognized as such. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_re_as/lost_sailor_found
