Over the last handful of years, airlines have been making a greater effort to rid their flights of any unnecessary weight. In an attempt to scrounge up extra dollars where they can, some companies have gone as far as to make drastic changes like ditching their life rafts (yikes!) and hiring all-female in-flight staffs to try and minimize the weight on their planes.
Keep scrolling to find out what United Airlines recently did to help shed a considerable amount of weight from their flights.
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Duane Storey/Flickr In order to use less fuel and save more money, United Airlines recently made a change that saved them quite the pretty penny. Switching the paper they use for their in-flight magazine Hemispheres, the new issues of the magazine are now one ounce lighter than they were. The decrease in weight of the magazine has proven to be a benefit for United Airlines, helping them save an estimated 170,000 gallons of fuel and $290,000 dollars worth of savings per year.
It’s amazing what can happen when you shed 11 pounds from your average United Airlines flight! Did you know that so many airlines were interested in reducing the weight of their planes?
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In order to use less fuel and save more money, United Airlines recently made a change that saved them quite the pretty penny. Switching the paper they use for their in-flight magazine Hemispheres, the new issues of the magazine are now one ounce lighter than they were. The decrease in weight of the magazine has proven to be a benefit for United Airlines, helping them save an estimated 170,000 gallons of fuel and $290,000 dollars worth of savings per year.
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