Ground vs. air: where your fuel dollars go
Air and international services use separate, higher fuel tables. Set your service mix to see fuel by service at this week’s published rates.
Results
- Rates are this week’s values for each service; see the rates page for each one’s status.
How this is calculated
Fuel per service = packages × net charge × that service’s fuel percentage. Two-day and next-day use the domestic air/express table.
Rates shown as defaults come from carrier publications or each carrier’s published table applied to the EIA price; see the methodology. Estimates and examples are labeled. Results are illustrative and do not represent any carrier’s reported financial results.
Questions
Why is air fuel higher than ground?
Air services are indexed to jet fuel, through tables that start higher. International tables are higher still.
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