Air China Completes First Sustainable Biofuel Flight Using Pratt & Whitney PW4000 94-inch Engines

Air China, in partnership with Boeing, Honeywell UOP, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, PetroChina and Pratt & Whitney, completed a demonstration flight on Oct. 28 using a sustainable biofuel derived from biomass grown in China.

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)