Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly

Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by mopsi on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:10AM (#20211282)

The whole flight does not need to be cancelled. Underselling flights are often replaced with smaller aircraft. One person might not make a difference, but if 10 or 20 cancel, an A321 may get replaced by A320 or A319, which are lighter and burn less fuel.

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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by dingaling on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @09:03AM (#20212487)

Switching to a smaller aircraft isn't necessarily good for the environment.

For example the A319 burns 5%/less fuel than the A320 but has 15% fewer seats, in common configuration. So the per-seat emissions are worse than if they had sold the remaining A320 seats at cost

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Re:Sweden has invented a word to encourage people not to fly by superqwert on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @06:12AM (#20211300)

Good point, but once again - the crossing of thresholds is the major change, rather than the individual changes between thresholds.

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