Etihad airways has attained a biofriendly post- First Gulf airline to have employed bio fuel!
Etihad airways has become the first Gulf airline to operate its Boeing 777-300ER with bio fuel as reported. The flight had a successful Eco-friendly landing over Au-Dhabi on January 24 after leaving from Seattle. Greatly being commended for taking the initiative, the airline has hit the nail of being the first Gulf airline to have practiced the bio friendly usage of the fuel to drive its aircraft. This 14 hour long flight made it right that the fuel used in this way has sustainable power of producing enough energy to take hold of a big engine, and that too with what it consumes to be a less hazardous way of carrying passengers via air travel. The introduction of this kind of fuel has narrowed down the suspicions and has bring about a positive alternative in case of any fuel crisis.
“This flight marks a significant milestone in our efforts to support and drive the commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel in Abu-Dhabi, the region, and globally” CEO, James Hogan said.
The combination used was that of plant jet fuel mixed with the commercial form. An Amsterdam based company skyNRG has been reported to have supplied the fuel to the company, safety insurance bodies assured about the commercial usage of the fuel. Surprisingly enough, the fuel came out as a result of recycling the edible used form of vegetable oil. To motivate for the further usage of the fuel, the managing director, Dirk Kronemeijer of SkyNRG said : “We think the Middle East has great potential to give a critical boost towards making a market for sustainable jet fuel that is affordable.
With this flight Etihad Airways has taken a fantastic step, particularly in increasing awareness within the region. There is a lot more to come in this continent and we are determined to be there when that happens.”
Etihad as being a proud group to have launched this newer form of fuel employment wishes for a long term utilization of the Eco-friendly fuel. Not only would this DE-carbonize the environment, the global airline society would see a new way of formulating the strategy for the consumption and generation of its aviation fuel. The annual cost of the fuel, purchase and market, energy crisis, and environmental laws together become a combined package putting airlines to much of their reliability concern. Both the managements have hoped that the practice would give out newer ways of coping with these problems and a great part would be taken up by these bio-fuels in the coming years. It is to be mentioned that the airline has showed greater interest in the environmental progress, evidences relate to its being member of ‘global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group’ and immense cooperation shown in the bio-research projects.
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