Norway Accomplishes First Biofuel Flights
November 12, 2014http://atwonline.com/technology/norway-prepares-first-biofuel-flights
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Budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle and SAS Scandinavian Airlines conducted their first biofuel flights in Norway last November 11, 2014. Two flights made relatively short trips to Oslo using 48% biofuel in their tanks. The heads of both airlines "believe this is the future."
SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson said SAS has been working to speed up commercialization of renewable fuel for more than 10 years now and that biofuels will enable them to greatly reduce those harmful emissions for a more sustainable aviation industry.
While Norwegian's fleet is among the newest and most environment-friendly planes in Europe, sustainable biofuels are also important. "This flight with biofuel from Bergen to Oslo is therefore an important milestone in the industry's joint efforts to make sustainable biofuel available to the airlines," said Norwegian CEO Bjørn Kjos.
The initiative for these trial flights was taken by Norwegian airport operator and air navigation services provider Avinor and the environmental foundation ZERO.
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