United believes
United believes it can cut costs $400,000 annually by reducing use of auxiliary power units by one minute per flight. APUs ran 76 minutes per flight on average last year, costing $28 million and burning 50 million gallons of fuel. APU use is down to 75 minutes per flight so far in 1996, and the...
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