Myth or Fact: Does Take Off Use More Fuel Than Any Other Part of a Flight
It may be some time since many of us have taken a commercial flight but we don’t forget that feeling of being pushed back into our seat as the pilot put the aircraft into full throttle as the aircraft started to accelerate along the runway. As the plane starts to lift we can believe the engines are working their hardest and burning the most fuel. While take-off may be the most intense point of a flight in terms of fuel consumption, is it right – as some of us have been led to believe – that this uses more fuel than any other part of the flight?
OAG Labs have created a model and database of fuel burn and carbon emissions for flights. The database is now available to customers for their own flight analysis whether that is to provide better ‘labelling’ around flight schedules to help customers with their green travel choices, for ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) analysis, operational…