Calèdonie ticket price
p. 46 · Read in the full issue
Maintenance costs total 24 per cent of Air Calèdonie ticket price
MAIN PENANCE costs make up to 24 per cent of the ticket price in New Cale donia’s domestic airline, Air Caledonie, a yearly 560 million CFP (5.6 million US dollars), the daily newspaper Les Nou velles Caledoniennes reported.
This included regular replacements of costly spare parts such as propellers for the French-built, 50 seater ATR-42, which makes most of the company’s fleet.
“Initially, the bill for a propeller is over ten million CFP (US$100,000). But because it’s under guarantee, we bring this down to 2.2 million CFP,” Air Cal’s technical manager Pierre Cornu
explained.
Another costly part is the tyres, which need to be replaced every 550 landings.
And undercarriages need changing even more often: Air Cal applies a 400touchdown lifespan policy. (PINA Nius Online) ■