Re:Long time savings, right? (Score 0)

All the info is wrong. You can calculate how much the diversion costs- Say an aircraft of 200 ppl is diverted. 1. Extra fuel comsumed=10T@300/T=3000$ (An avg acft consumes 5T of fuel per hour, I have taken 2Hours of extra flying) 2. Landing charges-MAX 3000$ 3. Hotel charges 200ppl@50$=10000$ 4. Time lost(for acft)=5hrs@3000=15000$(diverted acft is almost always used on different routes, not even 5 hrs are wasted) Total=3000+3000+10000+15000=31000$ All above figures are max. Statistics ppl, fire up your calculations to check how much and airline(of say 100 flying routes a day) is willing to spend.