The Point of No Return is when a plane no longer has enough fuel to return to the departure airport, so pilots focus on the ...

Using the airplane’s groundspeed and fuel burn and the distance to our destination, the number begins to climb as we accelerate at Flight Level 450. Up here our fuel burn is 400 pounds of jet-A ...

With jet fuel prices 50% higher than last year, airlines are testing new technology that would continually optimize flight plans for maximum fuel efficiency. Based on big data analytics, the new ...

Report details how Alaska Airlines is using AI to better map flight routes and save time and fuel by Kurt Schlosser on July 29, 2021 at 2:12 pm Share 68 Tweet Share Reddit ...

Another workhorse of international aviation, the Boeing 747, has a fuel capacity of about 183,380 litres (48,400 gallons). During a typical 10-hour flight, a 747 might burn as much as 150,000 ...