Originally Posted by
b00gers
link? I find that surprising. how does an airline flying from here to europe make money?
A plane like a Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon of fuel (about 4 liters) every second. Over the course of a 10-hour flight, it might burn 36,000 gallons (150,000 liters). According to Boeing's Web site, the 747 burns approximately 5 gallons of fuel per mile (12 liters per kilometer).
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question192.htm
Huh, just ran the math, and got around $1.2 million
Per.
http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KIAD
http://www.citycomparator.com/compar...ington_dc.html
And
http://www.lausd.net/kids/president.html
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Both planes always travel with the President where ever he goes. The Back-Up plane is there just incase it is needed.