April 29,09
Airlines are hoping to reduce their fuel use. By using less fuel for travel, they can save money and reduce carbon emissions. Aviation contributes 2 percent of the greenhouse gasses. If airlines can save six percent of fuel on all flights, 90 million gallons of fuel can be saved yearly and reduce 1.9 billion pounds of carbon emissions. By using satellites and global positioning systems planes can fly more direct routes and use less fuel. However, changing the systems would take time.
Since commercial aviation relies on fuel prices to succeed, reducing fuel use would help them greatly. It is a added benefit that using less fuel would decrease the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted into the air. By using more direct routes, people will also be able to reach their destination faster. I wonder if the plane I'm catching to Disney World is reducing its fuel...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/business/energy-environment/30aviation.html
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Hmmm...wonder if this will keep flight costs down? I also read that they are trying out bio-fuel for airplanes!
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