Brazilian Airline GOL Uses Amyris' Biofuel Farnesane in US - Brazil Flights

Amyris is now partnering with Brazilian airline GOL to begin the first international commercial flight with the recently approved biojet fuel, farnesane.

GOL has committed to fly its Boeing 737 fleet with up to a 10 percent blend of the renewable fuel on its U.S. to Brazil routes starting this month. Amyris' efforts to bring farnesane-based biojet fuel to commercial airlines are supported by Boeing, the Inter-American Development Bank and other partners.

"We at Amyris are thrilled that GOL will be using our renewable jet fuel blend for their flight route from the United States to Brazil, the first of what we expect to be many routes with the world's leading airlines," said John Melo, president and CEO of Amyris.

"We are working closely with the Brazilian Biojet Fuel Platform to achieve the 1 percent blend milestone in early 2016, beginning with more than 200 sustainable flights during the World Cup in Brazil." said Pedro Scorza, director of technical operations with GOL.

Amyris says farnesane can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 percent on a lifecycle basis compared to traditional fuels.