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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10681
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

Aviation - reducing fuel consumption - safety

Brussels, 04/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Cockpit Association (ECA) is drawing attention to the emergence of a practice that is dangerous for aviation safety. ECA claims that pilots are increasingly encouraged to consume as little fuel as possible, given the surge in oil prices, even if it means flying with limited fuel reserves. The association evokes the recent cases of three Ryanair flights to Madrid that were forced to make an emergency landing in Valencia at the end of July,...

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