Patience a lot of patience
Specifically, the one led by Paul Williams , Doctor in Aerology from the University of Reading , in United Kingdom . The conclusion? The increase in the speed of the jet stream is slowing eastbound transatlantic flights and accelerating those made to the West, so that the total computation of time for a round trip is half 1 minute and 18 seconds slower , reports The Guardian that collects the conclusions of the study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters .
Bearing in mind that every day there is 300 round trip flights , this delay accumulates 2,000 overtime hours per year and $22 million additional in fuel and 70 million kilos more of CO2 issued. The fish that bites its tail, since it is precisely the climate change the person in charge of speed increase of the jet stream, strong flows of wind that blow from West to East at high altitudes in the Atlantic and that pilots use, when it is favorable, to fly faster.
To arrive at this data, Williams analyzed the **flights between London's Heathrow airport and New York's John F. Kennedy airport ** and calculated the impact that a 15% increase in the speed of the jet stream could have, something that is expected for the next few decades, even if carbon emissions are drastically reduced.
The study calculated over 1.3 billion flight paths in simulations spanning 40 years and the results revealed that, even if the journeys **New York – London ** were on average 4 minutes faster, to do the journey in reverse required 5 minutes and 18 seconds more . The accounts do not come out.
In addition to longer and more expensive flights, other previous studies have already warned of the impact that rising temperatures will have on aviation: higher turbulence and r Reducing the weight that aircraft can carry.
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