At the moment it appears that a more fuel-hungry aircraft costs more to buy than an economical aircraft - odd, at least on the surface, considering the former is going to give you higher operating costs.
Vickers Viscount 700: 56px, 281kts, 1728mi, 370fueluse : €16,221,296
Handley Page Herald-200 : 56px, 275kts, 2025mi, 175fueluse: €11,432,869
Similarly:
Avro RJ115: 128px, 412kts, 1530mi, 1468fueluse: €58,303,124
Avro RJ100: 128px, 412kts, 1725mi, 1102fueluse: €52,353,116 (!)
Boeing 737-200HGW: 130px, 500kts, 2761mi, 734fueluse: €55,963,184
In a convoluted sort of way some of them make sense - the Viscount probably would have cost you more than the Herald, just because of the multiple engines - but since the costs are apparently based entirely on a formula, having high fuel use as a price increase would seem to produce strange results more often than not.
Is there a reason for this that I've missed, or is it a mistake?
