Fuel Crisis Forces Airlines To Conserve, Drop by Drop
Credit: JOSEPH PRIES
Continental Airlines recently loaded an extra 10,000 lb. of jet fuel on a flight from Houston to Cancun, Mexico. With prices running 17 cents a gallon cheaper in Texas, Continental managers calculated it would be less expensive to haul the fuel to Mexico for the return flight. They were right. Even...
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