{"id":2867,"date":"2008-04-06T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T23:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/04\/06\/new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green\/"},"modified":"2008-04-06T17:26:15","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T23:26:15","slug":"new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green\/","title":{"rendered":"New Signs Air Transportation Industry Is Going Green"},"content":{"rendered":"
Although the airline industry finally recovered from 9\/11,<\/strong> new factors are threatening the industry as we’ve seen this week with the closure of Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines.<\/p>\n With the price of fuel increasing, fuel has become the largest expense for airlines. <\/strong>Airlines can only increase their fares so far without turning their customers away completely. One of the ramifications for this development is that airlines are actively researching and testing methods to increase fuel efficiency and, in the process, reduce greenhouse gases.<\/p>\n In a recent article, Sustainable Industries<\/a> highlights new green innovations in the air transportation industry. Any environmental shifts in the airline industry will have a positive ripple effect throughout the economy.<\/strong> Not only do new career categories and green jobs come into play (producing new fuels, building new planes, implementing the new GPS radar system), but the impact of transporting products and supplies improves as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sustainable Industries article indicates that the air transportation industry is looking for ways to cut fuel costs by becoming more efficient and green.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":17473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[555,556,557,558,559],"yoast_head":"\n
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