BA, BAA and NATS ‘prefect flight’ test
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NATS and BA worked with BAA at Heathrow and Edinburgh to achieve at the weekend to reach an important environmental milestone. They turned a normal Saturday evening service from Heathrow to Edinburgh into the UK’s first ‘perfect flight’, Travelio.net reports.
Every part of the flight – from pushback from the stand and taxiing to an optimised flight profile and continuous descent approach – was set to achieve minimum emissions and delay. Now data from the 19:30 BA1462 flight will be analysed to understand the benefits of optimising each stage of the journey. Initially, it is believed up to a quarter tonne of fuel could have been saved, equating to nearly one tonne of CO2.
Information from the flight will be shared with the UK industry coalition Sustainable Aviation, to support its aim of reducing aircraft emissions to 2000 levels by 2050. NATS, BA and BAA are all members of the group.
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