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Airbus proposes blended wing body planes that reduce fuel consumption by 20 percent

February 18, 2020

But would you want to sit in a plane with no windows?

We have been saying for years that flying is dying, and have watched as Flygskam has become a thing, but if you read the Airbus press releases, they plan to keep flying for a long time, whether with so-called sustainable aviation fuel, greater fuel efficiency or electric engines.

Over the years they have been making their planes lighter and and have improved fuel efficiency by 2.1 percent per year between 2009 and 2020, almost getting to the fuel per passenger mile burned by a Lockheed Constellation from the 1950s.

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