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The book discusses how airlines have become more fuel efficient over time due to using composite materials in new aircraft.
By some estimates, each new generation of jet engines has been about 20% more fuel efficient than the previous generation.
— Episode: 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive...
Episode: 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too C...
The book discusses how airlines have become more fuel efficient over time due to using composite materials in new aircraft.
By some estimates, each new generation of jet engines has been about 20% more fuel efficient than the previous generation.
One thing that has been happening in the field of aircraft manufacturing is that aircrafts are becoming lighter thanks to the use of composite materials as opposed to the aluminum or aluminum.
Episode: 536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too C...
It was mentioned that the author, Vladimir Blatkach, wrote a book titled "The Economics of Airlines" and that the book discusses the fuel efficiency of newer generations of jet engines, which are about 20% more efficient than previous generations.
Here is the economist Vladimir Blatkach, author of a book called The Economics of Airlines.