Tag: fuel-saving
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Google Operations Research Team Supports Lufthansa Group to Reduce CO2 emissions
Search and cloud computing giant Google presented some findings of their Operations Research Team, working with Lufthansa Group, to lower CO2 emissions by optimizing the tail assignment for the group subsidiary SWISS International Air Lines. As part of this collaboration, Google developed and launched a mathematical tail assignment solver to optimize the fleet schedule for…
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Airbus A350s Fly Like Gees in Formation – Saves Tons of CO2
Airbus has performed the first long-haul demonstration of formation flight in general air traffic (GAT) regulated transatlantic airspace with two A350 aircraft flying at three kilometers apart from Toulouse, France to Montreal, Canada. The aircraft were greeted at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport. Over 6 tons of CO2 emissions were saved on the trip, confirming the potential…