Weigh less - pay less

More than one student has asked me in the past why airlines so not link some of the cost of a ticket to the actual weight of the customer? After heavier passengers might be expected to have a detrimental effect on fuel economy and perhaps on the volume of carbon emissions?

So it was interesting to see the new low-cost airline Derrie-Air make a move towards this kind of pricing structrure with environmental objectives firmly in mind. Derrie-Air styles itself as “the world’s only carbon-neutral luxury airline” .... a business that flies by the seats of its pants no doubt.

Unit 1 Micro: Using the Cost-Benefit Principle [30 Apr 2012]
The Economics of Climate Change - Stern 5 Years On [21 Feb 2012]
China bans its airlines from paying EU carbon tax [5 Feb 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Carbon Emissions and Growth [26 Jan 2012]
A2 Micro: EU Aviation - State Aid and State Ownership [28 Apr 2011]
Wiki Revision: A to Z on Monopoly [23 Apr 2011]
Yet another airline cartel story….. [9 Nov 2010]
Bill Gates on Energy and Carbon [9 Mar 2010]
New House of Commons research report on carbon trading [21 Feb 2010]
2009 - a desperately difficult year for airlines [27 Jan 2010]
Is hitch-hiking the most carbon efficient form of transport? [17 Jan 2010]
Airlines scramble to find new revenue streams [7 Oct 2009]
Economics Snapshot - Losses in Global Aviation [23 Jul 2009]
Surplus carbon credits - consumer subsidise the polluters [23 Jul 2009]
Air passenger duty - a tax too far? [11 Jul 2009]
CAPEX under pressure as spare capacity grows [4 Jul 2009]
BoE Health Check on the UK Economy [27 Jun 2009]
EU single market creaks under the pressure of the recession [1 Jun 2009]
Grey Skies for BA as Revenues Fall and Losses Take Off [24 May 2009]
Australia delays carbon trading because of recession [4 May 2009]
Global airlines nudge towards carbon emissions trading [10 Apr 2009]
Economic slump cuts EU carbon emissions [4 Apr 2009]
Premum Flyers Go Awol [7 Feb 2009]
Cash and a buffer against difficult times [1 Jan 2009]
Coal and CO2 emissions - Poland [12 Dec 2008]
The Costs of Cutting Carbon [5 Dec 2008]
Airline mergers and competition policy [29 Oct 2008]
The Folly of Growth [26 Oct 2008]
Not just for profit - a new breed of social entrepreneur [7 Oct 2008]
Back to the cave or a brave new world? [22 Sep 2008]
Maintaining profitability in the airline industry [21 Sep 2008]
Windfall gains for the biggest polluters [13 Sep 2008]
Turbulent times for airlines -  Take your bets for the next failure [13 Sep 2008]
BAA faces break up after Competition probe [21 Aug 2008]
Drax feels the heat of rising carbon prices [6 Aug 2008]
Cheap flights - elasticity and effective demand [28 Jul 2008]
Tim Harford on carbon negativity [25 Jul 2008]
Cross elasticity: Demand for new aircraft [14 Jul 2008]
Cross elasticity: Demand for Airline Movie Systems [12 Jul 2008]
Oil sands - an enviromental catastrophe? [11 Jul 2008]
EU airlines to be included in emissions trading [10 Jul 2008]
Cross elasticity: High speed rail and oil prices [10 Jul 2008]
Carbon trading for down under? [5 Jul 2008]
EU Tells Airlines to Pay for Emissions [30 Jun 2008]
Stern warns that cost of tackling climate change has doubled [30 Jun 2008]
Changing vehicles - a quick thought experiment [23 Jun 2008]
Will your grand-children fly? [22 Jun 2008]
Adjusting to oil price super spikes [11 Jun 2008]
Backbone needed for a carbon tax [25 May 2008]
Protecting the Natural Health Service [19 May 2008]
12 Must Revise Topics for A2 [18 May 2008]
Renault-Nissan announce entry into low-cost car market in India [12 May 2008]
Revision: Climate Change Policies [10 May 2008]
Jeffrey Sachs on Carbon Trading [5 May 2008]
Simple ideas work best [16 Apr 2008]
Bio-fuel curse and cure [15 Apr 2008]
Oasis Airlines - Don’t Look Back in Anger [10 Apr 2008]
Meeting the CO2 challenge [7 Apr 2008]
Carbon prices head higher as emissions targets start to bite [3 Apr 2008]
A new era for air travel [30 Mar 2008]
OCR 2888: New SMMT report on CO2 emissions [25 Mar 2008]
BAA raises passenger charges [11 Mar 2008]
The Big Question looks at carbon trading [11 Mar 2008]
Russia’s new road to economic growth [10 Mar 2008]
Money Programme: Green Fuel Gamble [9 Mar 2008]
Information failure on plastic bags? [9 Mar 2008]
The Economics of Food Waste [9 Mar 2008]
Trading Carbon [18 Feb 2008]
Living the high life [17 Feb 2008]
Money Programme on Airline Price Wars [15 Feb 2008]
The London Pollution Charge [13 Feb 2008]
Unintended consequences of the smoking ban [9 Feb 2008]
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