Not only are larger planes more expensive to run, but in some cases, they are inefficient. Short flights do not need large planes.
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rhiannonwademan
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Caitlin Lim
Higher cost to the company for a price that customers may not be willing to pay. Profit and cost will not equal and company will deficit.
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namdo
Much more cost from other sources: labour, operation, so on
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Jennie Yan
The additional costs for a bigger plane, such as increased fuel costs, more expensive planes
Alex Wou, Yu Lin Huang
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michellesieklucki
Bigger planes would be more expensive, however, if flying long distances, it may make sense to have the option available. This is why we have first class in planes.
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joyekwon
Choosing bigger planes may give customers more leg room, but it will also impose the opportunity cost of higher gas costs for the company.
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Annabelle Chen
bigger planes=more $ to operate and customers won’t prefer a bigger space if they have to pay extra, they would upgrade to a higher class
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Sarah JIANG
Bigger plane will lead to increase of maintenance cost,environment costs, crew costs
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valendinadebonis
It costs more and less people would be able to fit in the plane. Jill Hughes, Kerry Stanley
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Gabriel Cheung
Maintaining bigger planes costs more than smaller planes and more leg room isn’t the biggest concern for customers.
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Jonathan Gugger
Most people look for the cheapest option when searching for a flight. Everybody wants more leg room, but most won’t spend the extra buck.
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Yiyin Zhang
The cost of biggest planes may be high because of more needed gass and not-enough passengers.
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hanxuanwang
There may not be enough customers
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Jiacheng Shen
The company needs to invest more capital on training new stuff with new technology therefore,overall expenditure increase
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Aarun Sandhu
Not as many pilots are trained to fly such large planes, so they may be short on possible staff
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Andrew Grange
As previously mentioned the article, the airline may not have as many pilots trained on the larger aircrafts.
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Xu Yueting
-more costs to maintain
-empty seats
-fuel efficiency
-air traffic
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Hanqing Zhao
The extra leg room offered by the biggest planes are not always necessary and it will heavily increase the cost.
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Debbie
Bigger planes will increase the cost while revenue stays the same.
If westjet increases ticket prices, they lose competitive pricing edge-
Debbie
@emily chan
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Caitlin Lim
Higher cost to the company for a price that customers may not be willing to pay. Profit and cost will not equal and company will deficit.
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Matt Gwin
Bigger planes will vastly increase total money spent on fuel (among other costs) and would make the bigger First Class seem less appealing
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Curtis Zhao
Consumers are not willing to pay the massive increase in price for more leg room on a flight . All the fixed costs are going to rise.
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Kwok Ching Him
Operational reason – Some airfield = runway restriction for aircraft type…
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Yan Gao(Helena)
Bigger plans costs more so that customers would be charged more. Choosing different types of planes for different routes is a better deal.
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Meggie Liu
From the company’s perspective, bigger planes would result in an increase of fuel and labour.
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victoriayang
Choosing bigger planes may mean higher maintenance costs, higher fuel costs, environmental damage, and costs must be passed to the customer.
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Aylin Senem Piskin
The cost is going to be higher. They’re gonna have to increase the ticket prices but they might lose their customers by doing this.
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xiaorongye'blog
inter-country flights usually have less customer, and by having a smaller plane, the cost would be minimized when all the seats are occupied
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admin
Gas prices and maintenance for bigger planes may not be efficient for company profits.
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valendinadebonis
It costs more and less people would be able to fit in the plane.
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