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Weight Loss drugs could save airlines $580 million a year in fuel costs - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

The US has always had a different fuel calculation for aircraft because of so many body positive passengers. There is even a different calculation flying the same route from the US than to the US.

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[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago

FAA standard person is 170lbs/77kg. I'm sure the airlines use a better estimate though.

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