Want ChinaTimes, Xinhua 2015-03-22
The Boeing 737 is loaded with biofuel before the flight from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, March 21. (Photo/Xinhua) |
Hainan
Airlines announced on Saturday it has completed China's first passenger flight
with sustainable biofuel, a milestone for the country's commercial aviation
industry.
The flight,
which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing in a Boeing
737, used biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from
restaurants in China.
The
airplane's two engines were powered by the fuel blended of approximately half
biofuel and half traditional jet fuel, the company said.
"We
are honored to see our flight with safe and effective biofuel," said Pu
Ming, vice president of Hainan Airlines, also the flight's pilot.
Boeing has
been collaborating with Chinese airlines to develop aviation biofuel industry.
In 2011, Air China conducted China's first test flight with aviation biofuel in
a Boeing 747.
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