Transport, Airlines

Australia’s first biofuel flight lifts off with Qantas

- Apr 16, 2012 2:56 am

Skift Take

Flights may get greener, but it will take lots and lots of cooking oil to keep the world’s airlines aloft.

— Skift

By Michael Mackey | April 16, 2012 Qantas (QF) launched Australia’s first commercial biofuel flight Friday on an Airbus A330 flight from Sydney to Adelaide using a 50:50 blend of biofuel derived from used cooking oil and conventional jet fuel (ATW …

Tags: oil

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