Demystifying Fuel Burn
This article was written on a transatlantic Air France flight on a Boeing 777-300 aircraft. It's one of the least efficient flights across the pond, and is a dying breed - at least until the 777X launches in the early 2020s. My colleague Kveta and I have been trying to demystify fuel burn dynamics on the transatlantic route for nearly a year now. Despite everyone knowing nameplates and engine-makers, actual comparable fuel burn statistics are notoriously opaque and kept close to vest.
We've finally accumulated enough data to give us something close