CNN has a lengthy (by their standards) piece on how airlines are focusing on weight saving in the cabin once again as fuel bills keep on going up. This one seems to come round every few years whenever costs bite, but then the wins slowly get chipped away in the intervening years. But this is one of those issues where what's good for the balance sheet is also good for the environment.
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