TAM Airlines and Airbus have conducted a Jatropha based biofuel test flight.
Brazil’s TAM Airlines and Airbus have conducted a Jatropha based biofuel test flight using one of the airline’s CFM56 powered Airbus A320s.
The 45 minute flight from Rio de Janiero’s Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim airport used a 50:50 Jatropha based biofuel and regular jet fuel blend processed by Honeywell subsidiary UOP. Twenty TAM staff and Airbus personnel were onboard the trial flight.
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Airbus says studies show Jatropha has the potential to reduce the aviation industry’s carbon footprint by up to 80 per cent compared to conventional aviation fuels.
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