I'm no expert on aircraft leasing but it's probably less than you might think. If I had to guess, for an aircraft that size, probably in the region of $1000. The expected profit for a day's lease probably wouldn't be much more than that.
Good god you have amazed me ,thought it would of been a lot more than that
Roughly an extra tonne of fuel used - about $500. Landing fees - $300 at a guess. Extra crew costs due to longer duration - maybe $200.
Anti-icing uses engine bleed air. Not helpful when the engines aren't running.
Thanks, yes I should have remembered that, there could still be some extenuating circumstances that contributed to the lack of fuel, which is clearly the root cause.
This picture explains exactly what went wrong.
Hadn't seen that, if it was refused, then someone at the airport must also be responsible for allowing it to take off.
Apparently the aircraft's despatcher tried to browbeat the flight plan acceptance person into accepting the flight plan. She had asked them to amend the flight plan but they refused. Obviously someone at the airport should have refused permission for them to take off but from what I can gather the flight crew were made well aware that the flight plan was unsafe but they insisted to the airport staff that it would be ok. No doubt someone junior at the airport will be scapegoated for allowing them to take off but there's no doubt that 99% of the blame lies with the captain and despatcher. There's presumably a culture problem where an apparently senior captain can intimidate an airport official into accepting his request.
He's dead but I don't feel wrong in saying the man was a ****. Just pure greed can't see it any other way.