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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by sobore
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...k9mXdckJKnjZNQ

Belgium's Brussels Airlines announced plans on Wednesday to fractionally slow the speed of its flights in an effort to cut fuel costs and reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases which contributed to global warming.
The carrier's flights will be lengthened "by one single minute, or a maximum of two," spokesman Geert Sciot said, "and the result will be a 1.1-million euro (1.76-million dollar) saving on our fuel bill."
Sounds good to me. 1.76 mn US is not bad for adding one more minute to flight time.

It will be interesting to see if any U.S. airlines follow.
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