Delta Airlines has frequent (every hour or every two hours) flights between key metropolises in the Northeast - they call these flights the "Delta Shuttle" service.At the time of writing this problem set, the Shuttle service is offered between New York and Boston (LGA-BOS), DC (LGA-DCA), and Chicago (LGA-ORD).

 

In the late 90s, Delta offered special student pricing on the Boston route, perhaps due to the fact that Boston is a college city (Boston University, Boston College, MIT, Harvard, etc.), but then discontinued the program in early 2000.Now Delta is re-considering decisions on their shuttle route.The MD-88 plane has 148 seats and the Embraer 175 has 76 seats.

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Delta Airlines Aircraft Operating Costs Cost Per Block Hour (Block Hour is the time from gate departure to gate arrival) E-175 $4,457 MD-88 $6,128 Pilots $592 Pilots $686 Salaries and Wages $363 Salaries and Wages $458 Pilot Training $6 Pilot Training $8 Benefits and Payroll Taxes $175 Benefits and Payroll Taxes $172 Per Diem/Personnel $48 Per Diem/ Personnel $47 Purchased Goods $2,263 Purchased Goods $3,463 Fuel/Oil $2,250 Fuel/Oil $3,450 Insurance $13 Insurance $13 Other (inc. Tax) $0 Other (inc. Tax) $0 Maintenance $1,267 Maintenance $1,387 Labor $65 Labor $56 Materials $168 Materials $163 Third Party $270 Third Party $337 Total Direct $485 Total Direct $556 Burden $279 Burden $274 Aircraft Ownership $104 Aircraft Ownership $203 Rentals $68 Rentals $123 Depreciation and Amortization $36 Depreciation and Amortization $79 Other $230 Other $391 Delta Airlines Aircraft Operating Costs Cost Per Block Hour (Block Hour is the time from gate departure to gate arrival) E-175 $4,457 MD-88 $6,128 Pilots $592 Pilots $686 Salaries and Wages $363 Salaries and Wages $458 Pilot Training $6 Pilot Training $8 Benefits and Payroll Taxes $175 Benefits and Payroll Taxes $172 Per Diem/Personnel $48 Per Diem/ Personnel $47 Purchased Goods $2,263 Purchased Goods $3,463 Fuel/Oil $2,250 Fuel/Oil $3,450 Insurance $13 Insurance $13 Other (inc. Tax) $0 Other (inc. Tax) $0 Maintenance $1,267 Maintenance $1,387 Labor $65 Labor $56 Materials $168 Materials $163 Third Party $270 Third Party $337 Total Direct $485 Total Direct $556 Burden $279 Burden $274 Aircraft Ownership $104 Aircraft Ownership $203 Rentals $68 Rentals $123 Depreciation and Amortization $36 Depreciation and Amortization $79 Other $230 Other $391