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CHINA: A Chinese airline has calculated that it takes a liter
of fuel to flush the toilet at 30,000 feet and is urging passengers to
go to the bathroom before they board.
As Chinese airlines come under increasing pressure to cut fuel
expenditures, China Southern's latest strategy is to encourage
passengers "to spend their pennies before boarding the aircraft," Xinhua
news agency reported Thursday.
"The energy used in one flush is enough for an economical car to run
at least 10 kilometers," Captain Liu Zhiyuan, who flies regularly
between Hangzhou and Beijing, was quoted as saying. Citing a survey by
the company's logistics department, Liu said carrying one kilogram of
items such as blankets and pillows by air for one hour uses 0.2 kg of
fuel.
"This means the blankets and pillows on board the aircraft eat up 60
tonnes of fuel every day.
If each seat is loaded with three 450-gram magazines, another 60
tonnes will be consumed," Liu explained.
.BEIJING, Friday, Reuters |