I've recently started a new airline based in Dublin, Ireland in the quimby game world.
I have a number of flights, one of them being a flight from Dublin to Birmingham.
My first flights are on 2/1/17. Since I started scheduling flights I've been tweaking my prices. My flight from Dublin to Birmingham on 2/1/17 has a different price than the one of the following day as I changed the price. I'm using a Bombarider Dash8-Q400 NextGen aircraft.
So here's the question I have, both flights (The one of the 2nd and the one on the 3rd) are departing at the exact same time, landing at the same time, have the same aircraft type and the same aircraft itself and same amount of booked passengers, the only difference is the price and the fact I'm offering cargo on the flight on 1/1/17.
For the flight on 1/1/17 flight flight-related charges for economy only (I offer business, economy and cargo on this flight) are as follows:
Fuel - 275
Aircraft Handling - 122
ATC - 97
Landing fees - 496
Maintenance - 493
and for business class:
Fuel - 56
Aircraft Handling - 27
ATC - 21
Landing fees - 109
Maintenance - 108
However, on the 2/1/17 the exact same flight (just with a different ticket price and no cargo) has the following flight-related charges for economy:
Fuel - 295
Aircraft Handling - 139
ATC - 111
Landing fees - 569
Maintenance - 565
and for business class:
Fuel - 65
Aircraft Handling - 31
ATC - 24
Landing fees - 125
Maintenance - 124
I have no idea why the charges are higher for the 2nd flight, all I can think of it that maybe it has something to do with the fact I'm offering cargo, although I wouldn't think that would affect the costs of my passengers... Or maybe it's got something to do with my ticket prices?
I hope someone can point out what is causing this. Thank you very much, Jason.
