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LOAD SHEDDING: Airlines are trying to get magazines, seats, cutlery to lose weight to cut so that less fuel is spent.

LOAD SHEDDING: Airlines are trying to get magazines, seats, cutlery to lose weight to cut so that less fuel is spent.

Jumbo jets to lose weight as fuel prices skyrocket

With the price of jet fuel nearly doubling over the past 12 months, it now costs more than US $3,00,000 to fill up Boeing 747-400s. So airlines around the world are doing everything they can to make their planes fly further using less fuel. And that means making them lighter.

RAPID EXPANSION: Cathay Pacific is expanding its cargo operations from India.

Cathay Pacific 'gives value' to India

For growing as one of world’s fastest growing cargo markets, Cathay Pacific expands cargo operations from India.

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