11 Jun 2009

Airlines reduce spoon size to save fuel

AIRLINES, desperate to cut costs, have gone to the extraordinary lengths of reducing the size of spoons and jettisoning in-flight magazines to make planes lighter to save fuel.

According to the International Air Transport Association, Northwest Airlines in the US has excluded spoons from its cutlery pack in the in-flight meal does not need one.
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I wonder if they really can save a bit by making the cutlery smaller or take a spoon less while people are getting heavier and suitcases are often weighing more than the 20 kilo... but I assume it's the only thing they can control...

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