Sentences with phrase «efficient airline fuel»

Murray suggested an alternative strategy of technological investment (he welcomed Richard Branson's encouragement of a more efficient airline fuel), resilience to extreme events and adaptation.

Not exact matches

Wednesday: Boeing & Biogen Boeing: In the past, this company has been deemed a loser on suspicions that airlines won't upgrade their fleets for fuel efficient planes now that the price of oil is so low.

In the summer of 2016, Boeing suggested it could end production of the original jumbo jet — the Boeing 747 — as airlines eschewed the plane in favor of more fuel - efficient models.

Airlines are desperate to own more fuel - efficient planes.

So when the Toronto Port Authority announced its intention to make the airport self - sufficient by increasing traffic, Deluce hatched his plan: an airline that would fly fuel - efficient turboprops on well - travelled business routes, as well as to Northern Ontario destinations whose passenger demand and pricing sweet - spots he knew all too well.

A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) analyzed 20 carriers and concluded that the Australian airline was 64 percent less fuel efficient than the top performers, All Nippon Airways and Hainan.

The twin - aisle plane is coming into service as Delta phases out its last Boeing 747s, the four - engine plane that some airlines have ditched in favor of more fuel - efficient twin - engine planes.

Airlines have also turned their backs on the Airbus A380 in favor of smaller, more fuel efficient competitors.

The company gets 70 % of its $ 10 billion in revenue from the aerospace industry, as airlines have ramped up demand for fuel - efficient jets.

The company says it operates one of the youngest fleets among U.S. airlines, comprised entirely of fuel - efficient Airbus A320 - family aircraft.

Global airline stocks are currently soaring as a result of low oil prices, increased seat capacity and more fuel - efficient aircraft.

And though airlines continue to craft more fuel - efficient planes, the fuel source itself has remained generally unchanged.

Currently the airline operates B777 - 300ER and A330 - 300 / 20 aircraft, which apart from being more fuel - efficient also provide a more comfortable flight for passengers, particularly on long - haul flights.

The weight reduction makes the Dreamliner 20 percent more fuel - efficient than the 767 — and that's a major reason why airlines such as All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United and Air Canada all placedairlines such as All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United and Air Canada all placedAirlines, United and Air Canada all placed orders.

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It would make sense that airlines are already pushing to make their planes as efficient as possible: fuel efficiency, after all, is directly related to carbon emissions — and it's part of their bottom lines.

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An Indian low - cost airline, IndiGo, has been the first buyer of 150 Airbus A320neo fuel - efficient jets, not only expanding its currently modest

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In this new market, only those airlines that upgrade their fleet to more efficient planes and find other ways of saving fuel (less idling, more efficient routes, etc.) will be profitable.

# 2: Continental Airlines, Houston, TX — «Besides spending more than $ 16 billion over the past ten years to replace its fleet with more efficient aircraft, it installed fuel - saving winglets that reduce emissions by up to 5 % on most of its Boeing 737s and 757s, and reduced the nitrogen oxide output from ground equipment at its Houston hub by over 75 % since 2000.»