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April 24, 2008

One Way to Cut Fuel Costs: Sl-o-o-o-o-w the Planes Down

Filed under: Airlines, Fuel Surcharges — Rick Seaney @ 12:02 pm

Belgium-based Brussels Airlines has announced it’s trying to reduce fuel costs by dropping some weight on planes, and — by slowing some of their planes down.

They’re not slowing them by much: just about 6.2 miles per hour, and just on short hops throughout Europe. According to a BBC report, this would only add about a minute or two to the length of a trip, but it would cut the annual fuel bill by $1.6 million (these are Avro planes).

Wonder if that could work here? I’m sure most of us wouldn’t mind a little longer flight, if it would put a halt to some of those hefty fuel surcharges.
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1 Comment »

  1. Who said anything about dropping the fuel surcharges? If they saved any money, I am sure they would simply leave the surcharge as is and make a few bucks more on each passenger. Actually I think they should not be allowed to assess fuel charges at all, simply raise the price of the ticket and let us see the total price. Somebody someplace thinks that by hiding this fee (which is now getting levied on many “free” frequent flyer tickets as well), people may be less sensitive to it (they may be right). Enjoying the blog (and the alerts), keep up the good work!

    Comment by Chris — April 24, 2008 @ 6:00 pm

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