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Aussie Airlines Ponder Weight-Loss Plans

Rising fuel costs are hitting Down Under airlines like Qantas and LCC Virgin Blue hard too. Things are bad enough that the Australian press is now reporting on all kinds of ideas the two airlines have to decrease flying weight and therefore decrease fuel consumption.

Virgin Blue's ideas include the less-than-appealing prospect of carrying "just enough" fuel, replacing brakes with different models that use lighter parts and reducing how much water they carry for the toilets and wash basins.

Qantas is thinking along the lines of lighter knives and forks, lighter seats and even meal carts that weigh less. Perhaps it'd just be easier if they stopped letting all those passengers get on board?

Related Stories:
· Aussie Airlines Losing Weight [news.com.au]
· Qantas coverage [Jaunted]
· Virgin Blue coverage [Jaunted]

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