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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11383
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport

Consumption of fuel by aircraft remains far too high

Brussels, 07/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - According to a study published on Thursday 3 September by the International Council on Clean Transportation, an international organisation concerned with promoting clean transport, improving the fuel consumption of aircraft remains some way below UN targets.

Since 2010, average consumption yield has grown by just 1.1% a year, “which suggests that manufacturers may miss UN aviation body ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organisation - Ed]'s 2020 fuel...

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