NASA Partners With Airlines to Save Fuel, Reduce Flight Delays

 NASA recently signed agreements with five major U.S. airlines to continue developing an air traffic decision-making tool that saved more than 24,000 pounds of jet fuel in 2022 for flights departing from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport.  

Over 2022, NASA’s Digital Information Platform (DIP) machine-learning tool allowed flight coordinators at the two Dallas airports with capabilities to reduce delays and save fuel. Using traffic predictions from the DIP-developed Collaborative Digital Departure Reroute (CDDR) tool, they were able to identify opportunities of more efficient, alternative takeoff routes, which reduced delays and saved fuel.   

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