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(19/09/23)
 LOT Polish Airlines, one of the carriers
participating in the IATA Fuel Efficiency Gap Analysis (FEGA), has identified the potential to shave its
annual fuel consumption by several percent, a move that would equate to an
annual reduction of tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon from
LOT’s operations.

“The next step is
implementation to actually achieve the benefits of improved
environmental performance and lower operating costs,” said Dorota
Dmuchowska, Chief Operating Officer at LOT Polish Airlines.

Airlines around the world have committed to
achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and each carrier must
play its part.

LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787-9 reg: SP-LSG. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com

“Every drop counts,” said Marie Owens Thomsen,
IATA’s Senior Vice President Sustainability and Chief Economist. “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. LOT is the latest example of an airline exploring
all opportunities to achieve every incremental efficiency possible
in fuel consumption. That’s good for the environment and for the
bottom line.”

On average, FEGA has identified fuel savings of
4.4% per airline audited. If fully realized across all audited
airlines, those savings, which stem primarily from flight
operations and dispatch, equate to removing 3.4 million
fuel-powered cars from the road.

The FEGA team analyzed LOT’s operations against
industry benchmarks in flight dispatch, ground operations, and
flight operations to identify fuel savings potential.

The most
significant ones were identified in flight planning, emission
reduction through implementation of aviation procedures and
refueling operations.

“FEGA is a key IATA offering,” said Frederic
Leger, IATA’s Senior Vice President for Commercial Products and
Services. “The audit not only
benefits the airline undergoing the process thanks to a reduced
fuel use, it also helps the whole industry improve its
environmental performance. Those benefits will grow as FEGA
continuously becomes more effective with accumulated experience
and growing capabilities using anonymized and aggregated airline
data. Most importantly, realizing the FEGA identified savings will
be an important support as airlines transition to SAF in pursuit
of net zero emissions by 2050.”

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