Oslo Airport to Supply Jet Biofuel for Airlines
January 27, 2016http://biofuels-news.com/display_news/10116/norways_oslo_airport_begins_jet_biofuel_delivery_for_all_airlines/
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Oslo Airport in Norway has become the world's first airport to offer jet biofuel from the Camelina plant to all airlines. The Lufthansa Group, SAS, and KLM have already signed agreements to purchase the fuel.
Avinor, the managing company of Norway's state-owned airports, and Air BP say the beginning of biofuel deliveries at Oslo represents the start of a trend toward making jet biofuel an interesting commercial option worldwide. With Lufthansa, SAS, and KLM on-board, Air BP and Avinor hope that more airlines will join the biofuels program.
Airlines that take part are rewarded with lower CO2 taxes on domestic flights in Norway and biofuel is also exempted from the EU quota system. Aviation biofuel is currently only produced in small quantities and costs more to produce than fossil jet fuel, but prices are expected to fall as demand rises.
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