EasyJet experiments with lighter paint to save fuel and cut CO2 emissions
The mantra is always the same: save costs and reduce CO2 emissions. And easyJet seems to be on the [...]
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The mantra is always the same: Save costs and reduce CO2 emissions. Ed easyJet seems to be on the right track.
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Jointly with Mankiewicz Aviation Coatings, the British low-cost airline is experimenting, in fact, with a new paint cutting-edge, whose weight is reduced. The new paint, easyJet explains, will not only make consume less fuel but it will also allow decrease carbon dioxide emissions.
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"easyJet is constantly exploring and developing innovative solutions to reduce the impact of our operations. While this constitutes a small part of a larger strategy, formulating a new lightweight paint with our partners at Mankiewicz Aviation Coatings exemplifies how we are evaluating every single part of our operation to find efficiency gains to help us achieve this mission," commented Lahiru Ranasinghe, easyJet's director of sustainability.
This new solution has already been adopted on 38 aircraft: Once the operation is completed throughout the 'orange fleet,' which is expected to be by 2030, this lighter paint Will reduce the weight of each aircraft by about 27kg. This translates into savings of about 1,300 tons of fuel each year and a reduction in CO2 emissions of as much as 4,095 tons. In short, the planet thanks and so does the wallet: we are talking about hundreds and hundreds of thousands of euros (or pounds) that the carrier will avoid shelling out.
