Lufthansa Tests Electric Taxiing to Reduce Fuel Spending
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-largest airline, is testing electric ground-handling vehicles at Frankfurt airport to help cut a fuel bill that reached a record 7.39 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in 2012.
Lufthansa is taking part in a 15.7 million-euro project at the airport, Europe’s third busiest by passenger numbers, to use electric service vehicles such as pusher tugs for plane taxiing, and to upgrade landing gear, Germany’s Transport Ministry said in a statement. Government funding amounts to 8.1 million euros.