Where to start
Aircraft typesSpecifications, a drawing and the economics of every type on a typical route from Frankfurt.Route calculationAny airport pair and type: cost of the flight by item and break-even.Route networkFor experienced users: several routes, frequencies, fleet and type comparison on a network.
Example
Airbus A320 · Frankfurt — Barcelona · 80% load factor
20,166flight, EUR
112per seat, EUR
10.3CASK, euro cents per seat-km
9,504per block hour, EUR
140break-even fare at 80%, EUR
Research
November 11, 2026Aircraft cost: Airbus and Boeing prices, leasing and flight costPublished Airbus and Boeing appraisals, 2026 lease ranges, four history charts and an illustrative ownership cost per flight.What is inside
- Fuel — burn from the OpenAP model calibrated on published flights, alternate airport, fuel price.
- Airport charges — landing, passenger, security, noise and emissions — from published airport tariffs.
- Air navigation — en-route charges by zone (Eurocontrol and national), routing around closed airspace.
- Ownership and lease, maintenance (per hour and per cycle), crew — per-type defaults you can override.
- Revenue, break-even fare and break-even load factor; reverse solve — the value at which a flight breaks even.
Every number is coloured by origin: document, calculation, your value or assumption. Assumptions are not operator data: replace them with your own before deciding anything. The code and methodology are open, so discrepancies can be checked and fixed.