article_snippet.sent: Mr Applegarth said: ‘For a flight we load an amount of fuel that is the sum of the fuel needed to fly the route, an extra amount added for contingency – for instance, in case we have to hold – some extra fuel so that we could divert to another airfield
article_snippet.sent: and we also have to land with a minimum amount of fuel even if we used all the fuel just mentioned.
article_snippet.sent: So after a flight we always have a minimum of fuel on board.
article_snippet.sent: On top of this, pilots can also decide to add extra fuel for each trip if pilots think it will be needed above and beyond that above.