Air China’s Boeing 747 aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 94-inch engines, completed approximately a one hour flight. No modifications to the aircraft or engine were required for the biofuel, which is a “drop-in” replacement for petroleum-based fuel.
Read Pratt & Whitney's press release here.
Coverage:
- China conducts its first jet biofuel trial (China Daily)
- Air China Completes First Flight With Biofuel Mixture (International Business Times)
- Pratt jet engine’s ‘green’ liftoff slurping biofuel (Hartford Business Journal)
- Air China flies first biofuel powered plane (Biofuels International)
- Biofuel Test Flight A First For China (Earth Techling)
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