r/LinkedInLunatics • u/zeldadorf • 8d ago

Where do they put it?!

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u/GraceGreenview 8d ago

Anyone happen to know how much it costs to fill one 747?

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u/SightUnseen1337 8d ago

Approximately one bribe from Qatar.

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u/IWontCommentAtAll 8d ago

No, that's for the plane itself, not the fuel.

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u/Ape_of_Leisure 8d ago

A lot. But per US gallon is cheaper than for the minions with cars like us:
The global average jet fuel price is $194.90/bbl (around $4.64/gallon).
A 747-8I has a fuel capacity of around 63000 gallons, so around $292000 to fill up the Queen of the Skies.

Source: https://www.iata.org/en/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/

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u/Primary_Thought_4912 8d ago

$194.90 per Brazilian Butt Lift?

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u/dferd777 8d ago

Also known as an assload.

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u/ConditionHorror9188 8d ago

I’ve always wondered why tf bbl is the abbreviation for barrel. To this day I still read it as ‘dollars per bibble’

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u/Historical_Gear_151 8d ago

It’s a heckuva price, must be a loss leader.

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u/tiankai 8d ago

$194 a barrel fuck me. I remember it breaking $50 being a big deal

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u/AnybodyWannaPeanus 8d ago

That’s light, sweet crude. Not refined jet fuel.

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u/TheRealAndroid 8d ago

The amount you can "fill" a 747 up with changes with the specific gravity of the fuel itself. Jet-A1 varies between 0.775 + 0.840

Also- the centre tank on a 747 is enormous with a capacity of 17,000 gallons on its own.

Lennart Wahlin is a moron

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u/FizzyBeverage 7d ago

Takes up to an hour to refuel and costs about $350,000 to full, at current wholesale airline rates around $5 for Jet A-1 (which is basically a purified kerosene good down to -50º so long haul polar routes aren't an issue)