With The Death Of SkyMall, Airlines Will Save $350K A Year In Fuel

Aviation FuelSkyMall has gone bankrupt, and we mourn it, but the airline industry should be happy. Wired figured out that all the SkyMall catalogs on a plane add up to about 38 pounds which equals about $350,000 dollars in saved fuel costs. No doubt the savings will be passed on to the passenger with an extra bag of mixed nuts during your 8 hour flight.

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