"Fill it, Shut it, Forget it" wish some aeroplane manufacturer come up with such an advertisement for selling their aircrafts. But in reality that day is beyond the horizon. According to Boeing's Web site, the 747 burns approximately 5 gallons of fuel per mile (12 liters per kilometer). Though it sounds too thirsty for fuel, honestly we shouldn't compare it with our 100 km/ liter bike.
There are actually safety needs to monitor fuel level and aircrafts have special computers to monitor them. An aircraft should carry enough fuel to reach an alternate airport during emergency. Recently 3 aircrafts had to land almost empty belly when they were diverted from Delhi to Jaipur. Though this doesn't happen every day the extra fuel that they carried saved them from another Mangalore crash
For most airlines fuel cost is the second most spending sector. So the oil prices can fluctuate the fortune of an airline when ever it fluctuates. Entire aviation industry is aware of the fact that an impending oil crisis will prove very much fatal to it. There have been no significant discoveries of new oil since 2002. Oil is now being consumed four times faster than it is being discovered, and the situation is becoming critical. It is a problem without a remedy and it is the most pivotal challenge facing modern civilization.
According to some research agency air travel will double by 2035. In spite of all the scaring facts we still have some good news. A MIT let team has proposed a design of an aircraft which will use 70 percent less fuel. This new design is promising but even if proves to be a success it won't make any difference on the Aviation fuel demand. We will have more people travelling by air. As said earlier its always a problem without a remedy.
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