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Global airline association reveals FEGA program fuel savings
September 20th 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said the latest results of its Fuel Efficiency Gap Analysis (FEGA) program had revealed it produced average fuel savings of 4.4%, reducing carbon emissions by thousands of tonnes. Read More » “Every drop counts. Since its inception in 2005, FEGA has helped airlines identify cumulative savings of 15.2 million tonnes of carbon by cutting fuel consumption by 4.76 million tonnes,” IATA senior vice president of sustainability and chief economist, Marie Owens Thomsen, said. “That’s good for the environment and for the bottom line.” The airline lobby group said the FEGA team analyzed an airline's operations against industry benchmarks for flight dispatch, ground operations, and flight operations to identify fuel savings potential.
