Airlines to Save Millions in Efficient Houston Airspace
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New flight routes into and out of Houston based on navigation technology from a $42 billion U.S. air-traffic modernization project will save airlines millions of dollars in fuel in one of the program’s first measurable results.
Using satellite guidance adopted as part of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen project, airlines will cut fuel consumption by as much as 3 million gallons a year, which would reduce carbon emissions by 31,000 metric tons (68 million pounds), the agency said today in a release.