Jet fuel

Statement by AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey

by Jarkko on June 26, 2009

in Aviation

Image via Wikipedia ARLINGTON, Va., June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AIA is pleased that the fuels subcommittee of ASTM International approved a new specification for alternative jet fuel from the Fischer-Tropsch process Wednesday. The subcommittee’s approval means that this fuel has cleared a significant milestone. Once approved by ASTM, and accepted by the Federal Aviation Administration, [...]

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Boeing and Industry Study Shows Biofuels Perform Effectively as Jet Fuel

June 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia LE BOURGET, France, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE:BA) and a team from across the aviation industry today released high-level elements of a study that shows that sustainable biofuels analyzed in a series of pioneering test flights performed favorably in comparison to petroleum-based fuel. According to the study, Evaluation of Bio-Derived Synthetic [...]

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JAL Biofuel Demo Flight First to Use Energy Crop Camelina

December 17, 2008

Image via Wikipedia Japan Airlines (JAL) announced today that it will be the first airline to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel refined from the energy crop, camelina. The airline also announced that the demo flight is planned for January 30, 2009 out of Haneda Airport, Tokyo. A blend of 50% biofuel and [...]

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Honeywell’s UOP Green Fuel Technology to Power Biofuel Demonstration Flight for Air New Zealand

November 12, 2008

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Honeywell company, announced today that its process technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green jet fuel that will be used on a demonstration flight by Air New Zealand. UOP collaborated with Air New Zealand, Boeing and Rolls-Royce to produce and test renewable jet fuel made from [...]

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