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Delta Air Lines bets on ‘blended-wing’ flight to reduce emissions
The blended-wing design reduces drag and uses less fuel.
The airline said today that it will help support the development of startup JetZero’s blended-wing-body(BWB) demonstrator aircraft that aims to cut fuel consumption, emissions, and noise. JetZero will join Delta’s Sustainable Skies Lab incubator, where it will receive “operational expertise” from the airline’s engineers in the design and construction of a BWB demonstrator aircraft, with the aim to test it in 2027. Delta’s support for JetZero comes on top of a$235 million grant from the US Air Force that was awarded in 2023 for the development of a full-scale demonstrator aircraft to validate the blended-wing concept.
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