Sustainability and Environment
FAA Proposes Fuel-efficiency Rules for Turbine Airplanes
The FAA released proposed rulemaking this week to establish FAR Part 38, fuel-efficiency metric requirements for certain large subsonic jet and turboprops.

The FAA released proposed rulemaking this week to establish FAR Part 38, fuel-efficiency metric requirements for certain large subsonic jet and turboprop airplanes aimed at reducing greenhouse gasses. The rule would cover most civil subsonic jet airplanes with mtows greater than 12,566 pounds and turboprop airplanes with mtows great than 19,000 pounds.