If regular engines in high-end automobiles guzzle fuel, those figures are still dwarfed by the amount of aviation fuel planes consume. Because commercial aircraft guzzle huge amounts of fuel per second, measures to cut fuel costs have been implemented at Delhi’s IGI Airport.
According to a report in the Financial Express, Taxibots will now be used to bring flights from the parking bay to the runway, with engines switched off.
Only departing flights will see this facility, which has brought down the amount of fuel used during taxiing, by about 85% going by the claims made by the officials at the Delhi International Airport Limited.
21/07/18 Rayomand Engineer/Better India
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According to a report in the Financial Express, Taxibots will now be used to bring flights from the parking bay to the runway, with engines switched off.
Only departing flights will see this facility, which has brought down the amount of fuel used during taxiing, by about 85% going by the claims made by the officials at the Delhi International Airport Limited.
21/07/18 Rayomand Engineer/Better India
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