Sunday, December 03, 2006

Virgin Atlantic Trial Aims to Save Fuel, Cut CO2 Emissions

Virgin Atlantic is going to have 13 of its planes towed to take-off areas with its engines off in a trial that aims to save fuel and cut CO2 emissions. The engines would not run until about ten minutes prior to takeoff. Virgin estimates that towing 747s can save up to 2 tons of fuel per flight, which could save up to 120,000 tons in carbon emissions per year.

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