Protecting the environment and conserving kerosene has a long tradition at Lufthansa. For many years, the aviation company has paid special attention – for economic and ecological reasons alike – to keeping fuel consumption and thus also CO2 emissions as low as possible. Not only a modern fleet is contributing to this but also many measures and ideas on the ground and in the air – just everything all around aviation - support us in this.
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Paperless cockpit/EFB |
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Worldwide flight planning system “Lido OC” by Lufthansa Systems calculates the optimum route for each flight and thus helps to conserve fuel |
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Flying at variable speeds |
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Improved use of winds and CDA |
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Flying on optimized routes |
2 Measures – cabin
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Optimization of cabin design under the aspects of weight and thus fuel savings: |
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Avoiding/recycling of waste on board |
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Switching in-flight magazines and briefing documents to recycling paper |
3 Measures – freight
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Optimized loading |
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Weight reductions in loading equipment and devices |
4 Optimized utilization of aircraft capacities
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Deployment of suitable aircraft (adapting to actual booking situation), leading to optimized utilization and improvement of specific fuel consumption |
5 Support for climate research
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For this, Lufthansa A340-300s were equipped with sensors and one Lufthansa A340-600 was equipped with a measurement container; under the guidance of the Max Planck Institute, this “flying laboratory” helps to clarify complex processes in climatic change |
6 Technological progress
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Operation of modern, more efficient and simultaneously more low-noise engines (e.g. A330, A340-600, soon A380 and B 747-8) |
7 Measures – maintenance
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Innovative engine cleaning to increase efficiency of engine performance; further optimization of the process |
8 Measures – operations/loading
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Optimized freshwater supplies |
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Optimization of fuel quantities |
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Optimization of the center of gravity in flight by pumping kerosene between fuel tanks, thus less drag |
Further measures of the Lufthansa Group to increase the ecologic efficiency on the ground and in the air you can find here in the matrix on environmental goals and measures.
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To find out more about responsibility at Lufthansa, read the latest sustainability report Balance.