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'the addition of Dreamliners to Qantas' fleet last year gave it an opportunity to rethink how to cut weight from the aircraft, which are made from light-weight composite carbon material.“Some of these initiatives have been rolled out across our broader fleet,” he said. The airline developed a range of business-class cutlery, crockery and glassware which was 11 per cent lighter - shaving about 244 kilograms off each aircraft and saving 535,000 kilograms of fuel a year.
How many 787 again?
That fuel saving QF state, sounds impressive, but is only about three trips across the pacific from Australia to LAX. How many do QF fly per week? Annualise that saving with the correct fleet metrics.
What an unappreciated genius management are! Don't put add in pages in the inflight magazine! Use plastic cutlery! How about what nearly every airline on the planet reognised a decade ago; Reduce the fuel consumption by removing two engines.
Qantas said in October it expected to spend about $800 million more on fuel this year compared with last year owing to higher oil prices, at about $4 billion compared with $3.23 billion.
Qantas need a new fleet.
They need new management too.