Fuel cost questions

[Will C 5]

Here are some easy ones, I hope.

 

1. On the Costs tab, there is an entry for "Fuel Price MPM." What does MPM stand for?

 

2. How are "Delay from" and "Delay to" intended to be used? I certainly understand the concept of factoring in cost for delays, but I'm not sure what is meant here by "from" and "to."

 

3. I entered values for all the cost-related data that I could find within PFPX. Then I looked up all the cost-related variables for an OFP, and here's what I get (with the names of the variables):

 

DELAYCOST:       0
FLIGHT HOUR COST:  359179
FUEL BURN COST:    558814
PAX COST:     0
ROUTE COST:     0
TOTAL COST:     917993
WEAR AND TEAR COST: 0
BLOCK HOUR COST:     0

 

I think understand FlightHourCost, FuelBurnCost, and TotalCost. But can anyone shed light on the other variables, and why they might be at 0?

 

Thanks.

 

(Edited to add question #3)

(Edited again, now I understand DelayCost, so you can disregard that.)

[srcooke 422]

1) MPM = departure IATA code

 

2) Delay From adds costs when departing later than scheduled eg STD 1800 with ETD 1830 would add a 30min percentage of your assigned delay costing, just what the calculation is I'm not sure on as it won't be 30min. I would think Delay To would start adding costs where arrival time exceeds the ETA such as string headwinds etc.

[Will C 5]

Aha! Delay "from" is time after your scheduled departure time, and delay "to" is time after your scheduled arrival time. That makes sense.

 

Stephen, thanks for your help. I edited my original post to add another question. If you have a moment, could you please take a look at Question 3 above?

 

Thanks again.

[srcooke 422]

These fields do not appear to be active for the OFP or may be constructed in a different format

 

PAX COST:    = total cost divided by pax numbers
ROUTE COST:     the cost based on figures from the route charges entries
WEAR AND TEAR COST: possibly a defined figure in an aircraft performance file not defined in PFPX
BLOCK HOUR COST:     probably the cost per hour of the planned route.

[srcooke 422]

Sorry Will, the Delay From/To indicates at what point in the delay charges start, so 1800 STD with 1830 ETD charges would start after 15min with Delay From 15min entry

[Will C 5]

Thanks, that's helpful.