Gap Fill - Fuel-Tankering - Level 2

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A British Airways told newspapers about the company creating CO2. The is a whistleblower - who tells bad company . He said British Airways (BA) and airlines use "fuel-tankering" to save money. Fuel-tankering is airplanes store extra fuel to fly somewhere and come back. It is for the environment. It adds to global warming. The airline saves money by buying cheaper in its home country instead of more expensive fuel at its destination. Fuel-tankering puts as CO2 in the air each year as a large town does.

In a BBC about British Airways and fuel-tankering, the CEO of BA promised to look at this . He said BA uses the fuel-tankering method and that it was "maybe the thing to do". Not much money is saved by fuel-tankering, but is a big cost to the . A flight from London to Italy can have three of extra fuel. The airline saves just $50, but an extra 600kg of CO2 goes into the atmosphere. Greenpeace said this was an of a company putting profit before the . It said airlines will do to boost .

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