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With a range capability of more than 9,300 nautical miles (17,220 km), the Boeing 777-8 is the most efficient commercial aircraft in the world.Compared to the current industry benchmark, the 777 ...

The Boeing 747 and its four engines once made it the airliner of choice for international flights. So how much fuel do those ...

With autopilot and autothrottle engaged, the wake capture function moves the trail aircraft into the ideal position—about 200 ft. from the vortex—based on ride quality and fuel saving.

45,000 More-Fuel-Efficient Aircraft, Worth US$2.9 Trillion, Predicted to Be Delivered By 2040 Cirium projects that in the next 20 years US$2.9 trillion will be spent on some 45,000 new aircraft ...

The “fuel consumption” of electrically propelled airplanes was defined in terms of the energy equivalence of gasoline and electricity: One gallon of fuel was equal to 33.69 kilowatt-hours, or ...

U.S. airline efforts to address climate change were eclipsed by those of European airlines last year, but even the Europeans ...

Although aviation safety organizations allow commercial aircraft to use fuel containing 50 percent or less SAF, in demonstrations, existing jets have burned 100-percent SAF, “and the engines are ...

NASA has tapped Boeing [] to design an aircraft that aims to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 30 percent compared to the most efficient single-aisle airplanes.The design, known as the ...

Delta Air Lines is partnering with California-based start-up JetZero to design a more fuel-efficient blended-wing-body aircraft that will cut emissions by about half. JetZero is now the newest member ...

Three industry teams spent 2011 studying how to meet NASA's goals for making future aircraft burn 50 percent less fuel than aircraft that entered service in 1998, emit 75 percent fewer harmful ...