February 2, 2010
Singapore Airlines has successfully completed the world’s first multi-sector demonstration green flight, with fuel savings of more than 10 tonnes and a reduction in carbon emissions of more than 33 tonnes.
For the customers on board flight SQ11, it may have felt like a typical flight. But they were part of an important chapter in civil aviation.
The Boeing 747-400, which departed Los Angeles on 31 January, arriving in Singapore early this morning via Tokyo, had just completed one of the most environmentally efficient flights over the North Pacific.
The flight is the first multi-sector demonstration green flight to be carried out under the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE) programme, which aims to promote environmental stewardship in the region.
Working with aviation authorities in Singapore, the US and Japan to ensure optimal air traffic conditions as well as employing a series of efficiency measures for all phases of the flight, SQ11 used around 6 per cent less fuel than normally required for a similar flight.
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