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Old 9th June 2008 | 04:03
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One is ten years older but I would guess the fuel burns would be almost identical
Not identical as the airframe and engine wear differently. Airlines run Aircraft Performance Monitoriting programs that with the aid of ACARS allow the recording of the actual engine/airframe performance, this is compared to the theoretical values and a deterioration value is set, this in turn is used for flight planning purposes.

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