Southwest Set To Start Fuel-Saving FMS Tuning

Southwest Airlines pilots landing at select airports will soon be saving fuel by using wind information uplinked from an operations center in Orlando as part of a monthly subscription service between the carrier and Sweden’s Avtech. By digitally injecting better wind information into an aircraft’s...

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