Sentences with phrase «new aircraft fuels»

This was a step completely outside the global reach of Boeing or the world's airlines: New aircraft fuels that met greenhouse gas reduction targets had to be developed and tested to meet tough aircraft standards.

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The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

Trading in an aging McDonnell Douglas MD - 80 plane for a new Boeing 737 — a comparable aircraft — can improve fuel efficiency by about 30 %.

The new route uses its new fleet of Airbus A350 XWBs, a widebody aircraft that claims to use 25 - percent less fuel compared to its aluminum long - range competitors, like Boeing's B777.

We believe that the company's substantial investment in new, fuel - efficient aircraft has created a sustainable competitive advantage.

The proposed ICAO standards, supported by the U.S. and 22 other countries, call for a 4 percent reduction in fuel consumption in new commercial aircraft built after 2028 and from aircraft currently in production delivered after 2023.

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

The commission's new research funding program, which will run from 2014 to 2020 under the name Horizon 2020, will continue three existing JTIs: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, which aims to develop clean technologies for energy transport and storage; Clean Sky, for the development of cleaner aircraft; and the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a JTI aimed at speeding up drug development.

A NEW process for 3D printing could pave the way for lighter, faster aircraft that may fly further on the same amount of fuel.

The new technology, which can be installed on existing airplane wings or integrated into entirely new airframes, can help engineers reduce the wings» structural weight, which in turn would allow the aircraft to consume less fuel than before.

With communications lost and fuel quickly running out after Ray inexplicably, unforgivably crashes into an unpiloted aircraft (causing a wing to catch fire), his plane turns around to return to New York but desperately needs a cleared runway on which to land with various gears breaking down.

NASA Announces New Subsonic Aircraft Research Opportunities; Reduced Noise and Emissions, Improved Fuel Burn

These small pressure carburetors eventually evolved into the Bendix RSA series multi-point continuous - flow fuel injection system which is still sold on new aircraft.

It's no secret that Qantas can't wait to begin replacing its fuel - guzzling 747 aircraft (5 in total) so we can expect to see the new plane appear on routes where the larger (and considerably less efficient) 747 isn't really needed — like some of the routes to the US for example.

Delta SkyMiles options are generally on China Eastern via Shanghai with a few hundred dollars in fuel surcharges, but with really nice Business Class seats if you catch one of their new 777 - 300 aircraft.

Airlines Cut Flights and Planes to Save Fuel Airlines Save Gas By Slowing Down, Just Like Drivers Efficient Modern Turboprop Aircraft Are Making a Comeback Perhaps Flying Turboprop Isn't Dying Turboprops Get Ecolabel More on Alternatives to Flying Seat 61: Get There Without Flying Eurostar to Cut Emissions 25 % and Offset the Rest Spain's New High - Speed Rail Challenging the Airlines High - Speed Rail Comes to the Americas CA High - Speed Rail Initiative: «If We Don't Pass This, We Will Never Have High - Speed Trains in the US»

EU ODS Regulations * No change to halon critical use list but EC chaired regulatory committee given authority to change the list and / or set time limits * DG Environment proposal contains the following end dates for aviation critical uses o Cargo compartment fixed systems — can not be installed on new aircraft after 2015, end of critical use exemption is 2030 o Cabin / crew compartment portables — 2010, 2015 o Engine nacelles and APU — 2010, 2030 o Lavatory (potty bottles)-- 2008, 2015 o Dry bays — 2010, 2030; Inert fuel tanks — 2008, 2030

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For example, whereas commercial airlines are finally making profits, due to the low price of jet fuel (their most important variable operating cost), manufacturers of commercial aircraft will see lower demand for new planes if low jet fuel prices become the long - term norm.

Aircraft Engines That Use Less Fuel & Can Last Three Times As Long Via New Nanoparticle Coating was originally published on CleanTechnica.

The airline industry is one of the nation's biggest consumers of fuel — no surprise there — but new aircraft technology has dramatically improved planes» fuel efficiency.

The WRI report notes that the next administration could work with the EPA to set a rule to improve the fuel efficiency of new aircraft in the range of 2 to 3 percent annually.

And the billions being invested in new aircraft will make our fleet 25 % more fuel efficient by 2020.

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Introducing a new generation of sustainable fuels is the next logical step in our efforts to further save fuel and reduce aircraft emissions.»

International Civil Aviation Organisation plan of 4 % fuel reduction of new aircraft starting in 2028 not enough to halt emissions, environmental groups say

«Given the substantial lead time for the standards, along with anticipated fuel efficiency gains for new aircraft types already in development by manufacturers, the standards will serve primarily to prevent backsliding in emissions,» ICCT said in a statement.

This deal turned on understanding competitive business jet access models including aircraft fractional ownership, jet cards, and traditional charter; it also included variables such as, jet fuel prices, aircraft residual values, programme pricing, and new aircraft model introductions.

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