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At lower altitude the jet has to push aside a lot more air.


Yes, but to the previous posters point, turbofans operate much less efficiently at lower altitudes. They are optimized to run the majority of cruise at a very specific set of altitude and power output settings. This is compounded by the fact that fuel load also assumes a set of assumptions of the flight plan




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