Conventional Jet Fuel In A 50/50 Blend Fuel Derived From Waste Cooking Oil
Qantas said Monday it plans to operate Australia’s first commercial flights powered by sustainable aviation fuel on 13 April 2012. The flights, a Sydney-Adelaide return service operated by an Airbus A330, will be powered by a biofuel derived from used cooking oil (split 50/50 with conventional jet fuel).
Bans Its Airlines From Participation In The Emissions Trading System
Another country has joined the ranks of those which have balked at paying the European Union for carbon credits for airline flights which cross European airspace. India becomes the latest government to say its airlines will not participate in the carbon trading scheme
First 787s Delivered With The General Electric GEnx Engines
Boeing and Japan Airlines (JAL) celebrated the delivery of the airline's first two 787 Dreamliners Monday. JAL is the first airline to take delivery of a 787 powered by fuel-efficient General Electric GEnx engines.
White House Would Halve $25 Million FFDO Appropriation
The FY2013 budget submitted by the Obama administration would cut the $25 million allocated for training flight crews in handgun use in half, which could spell the end to armed pilots in the cockpit of an airplane.
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