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UNIT FUEL COST [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
  • Flights (Air Transport)
  • Environmental Economics
CONT

During the last decade, unit fuel costs for Canadian air carriers, defined as the ratio of fuel cost to fuel efficiency (litres per seat-kilometre), has declined on average by 2.4 per cent a year. That is directly the result of declining fuel prices and increasing aircraft fuel efficiency.

CONT

Table 5-2. Unit Fuel Costs: A Comparison. ... Period 1998-2009: Fuel Price: 1.2 (0.7). ... Fuel Efficiency: 1.4 (0.8). Unit Cost: -0.2 (0.6).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
  • Économie environnementale
OBS

Voir aussi la fiche pour la notion voisine de «consommation de carburant par siège-kilomètre» (en anglais : «fuel consumption per passenger seat-kilometre».

Spanish

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