Companies To Work On Refining Cooking Oil Into Aviation Biofuel
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China and Boeing have opened the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center, a collaborative effort to support commercial aviation industry growth. The two companies also announced that the Boeing-COMAC Technology Center's first research project will explore opportunities to refine waste cooking oil, often described in China as "gutter oil," into sustainable aviation biofuel.
Executives Planning To Focus More On Short-Haul Routes
While no decision has yet been made, Hong Kong Airlines is reportedly considering cancelling its order for 10 Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft, an order worth some $3.8 billion to Airbus.
American Is Expected To Update, Re-File The Motion
United States Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane issued a ruling late Wednesday denying AMR management’s motion to reject its collective bargaining agreements with the Allied Pilots Association and other labor unions. In his ruling, Judge Lane cited management’s stated intention of furloughing 450 pilots and the sweeping scope changes they proposed as areas where they did not make a sufficiently compelling case.
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