SEATTLE, Washington – Boeing and partners in industry and government achieved significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions during a recent deployment of an innovative Air Tr ...

It is billed as the "perfect" flight, a preview of the air traffic control system of tomorrow. Shortly before 11 a.m. Friday, United Airlines Flight 870, a 747 with about 300 passengers, is scheduled ...

Miami Airport will be the location for this year’s trials of tailored arrivals on transatlantic flights, according to FAA and U.s. Transporttion Dept. officials. DOT plans to make Florida the main ...

There are more than 30,000 flights a day in the U.S aloneall controlled by an air traffic management system conceived in the 1950s. In this video, see how "tailored arrivals" will save fuel, reduce ...

Global interest is heating up on tailored arrivals, which allow airline aircraft to fly continuous descent approaches (CDAs) to airports at near idle power -- saving 600 lbs. of fuel or more per ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A system that gives aircraft tailor-made arrival paths has saved fuel and cut emissions during recent trials, aircraft maker Boeing said on Thursday. Boeing said it has worked ...

American Airlines and Air France are preparing to demonstrate next generation technologies and procedures designed to cut noise pollution and carbon emissions and conserve fuel after test flights ...

NASA is saving jet fuel by helping aircraft achieve the ideal glide path as they approach a crowded airport for landing. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and The Boeing Company, ...

Air New Zealand estimates that its participation in a tailored arrivals trial at San Francisco International airport has saved it an estimated 22,000kg (48,500lb) of fuel and 69,400kg of CO2 emissions ...