Long-haul flight gets longer due to global warming

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EUROPE: Study finds increase is due to high altitude winds that slow down aircraft, causing significant implications for airline industry’s CO2 emissions
Long-haul flights are getting longer due to stronger winds caused by global warming, according to a study.
Scientists linked a small increase in return-journey times of long-haul flights with an increase in the variation of the jet stream, the high altitude air that flows from west to east..
Just one minute’s extra flight time would mean jets spend approximately 300,000 hours longer per year burning roughly a billion additional gallons of jet fuel, they said.