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Can airlines save fuel by simply slowing down?

We've heard that if you drive more slowly in your car, it will help you to save fuel. The idea is to accelerate gently and keep your speed lower to reduce wasted gas. Recently, this idea has carried over to the airlines, who are currently suffering one of the worst financial crises since 1945.

Southwest Airlines learned that they will save $42 million in fuel this year by adding one to three minutes to each flight. Northwest Airlines cut their speed 10 MPH on a flight from Minneapolis to Paris and saved $535 in fuel, adding only 8 minutes. It's unfortunate that these cost-cutting measures won't trickle down to the people most inconvenienced by these changes, but the savings in fuel, and potentially the environment, is certainly a positive step.

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