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Fuel Efficiency Obession

Even with oil prices down, airlines are still focused on using less fuel. In fact, as NBR's Lucy Craft reports, Japan Airlines (or JAL) has launched an innovative campaign to solicit fuel saving suggestions from its employees.

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External Links/Articles*

• Air Transport Association (ATA)
  The ATA is a trade association that represents U.S. airlines. This links to information ATA offers about the Fuel Efficiency of U.S. Airlines. It includes historic fuel use data.
• Avionics Magazine
  Avionics Magazine is published b yAccess Intelligence. This links to a May 2005 article published in the magazine. The article is titled, "Tailored Arrivals: Idling Down to the Final Approach." The concept of tailored arrivals is mentioned in Lucy Craft's report. It has not yet been widely adopted in the commercial airline industry.
• International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  The IATA is a global trade organization representing passenger and cargo airlines. This links to inforamation the IATA website offers about airline efforts to become more fuel efficient.
• Japan Airlines (JAL)
  JAL's fuel efficiency campaign is profiled in Lucy Craft's report. This links to the "Environmental Action Program" section of the company's website.

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