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Civilian aviation news September 24, 2012

Sinopec and Airbus to develop Chinese alternative aviation fuel

Partners support Chinese sustainable alternative fuel standard and supply 24 September 2012 China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of China’s biggest energy companies and…

Civilian aviation news August 27, 2012

Airbus and China make a push for alternative fuels

Speeding up the commercialisation and production of alternative aviation fuel 27 August 2012 Airbus and one of the world’s leading academic institutions, Tsinghua University have…

Civilian aviation news July 31, 2012

Boeing Next-Generation 737 Performance Improvement Package Delivers on Promise to Cut Fuel Burn

Customers of Boeing’s Next-Generation 737 are validating the benefits of the industry-leading Performance Improvement Package (PIP), one year after the first airplane PIP airplane was…

General Aviation News June 20, 2012

Azul Brazilian Airlines makes demonstration flight with renewable jet fuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane

Known as Azul+Verde, the project is pioneering the development of renewable jet fuels produced from sugarcane for global aviation Azul Brazilian Airlines, in partnership with…

Civilian aviation news June 6, 2012

Etihad Airways selects fuel saving Sharklets for new Airbus A320 fleet

Airbus’ new large wingtip devices to enhance performance of Etihad Airways’ future A320s Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has signed…

General Aviation News June 4, 2012

Renewable Jet Fuel Flight Scheduled during Rio+20 Environment Conference in Brazil

Amyris’ sugarcane-derived jet fuel ready to be used in Azul’s EMBRAER 195 powered by GE’s CF34 engines. Embraer press release

Civilian aviation news April 27, 2012

Airbus puts new “teeth” in A320 Family fuel savings

A new milestone has been achieved in Airbus’ application of “Sharklets” to its single-aisle product line with this week’s rollout of the company’s first new-build…

Military Aviation News April 26, 2012

Marshall Aerospace delivers its 100th production auxiliary fuel tank in support of Boeing’s P-8 program

Marshall Aerospace has delivered its 100th production auxiliary fuel tank in support of Boeing’s P-8 program; as part of a current contract worth ?40Million for…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News March 21, 2012

Airbus and Virgin Australia study new alternative fuel process

Commercialisation of alternative aviation fuels takes a step forward Airbus has joined a consortium including Virgin Australia to study a new pathway to produce sustainable…

Military Aviation News March 7, 2012

Rolls-Royce and US Air Force launch fuel savings flight tests on C-130 fleet

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, and the United States Air Force will soon begin flight tests of an engine upgrade for the T56 turboprop…

Civilian aviation news, General Aviation News September 5, 2011

Fokker 70 Flies on Bio-Fuel

Fokker 70 Aircraft of KLM CityHopper Flies on Bio-Fuel on August 31, 2011Â On this day, 31 August, exactly one hundred years ago, Anthony Fokker,…

Civilian aviation news September 2, 2011

EMBRAER AND GE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDE BIO-JET FUEL TESTS

Program benchmarks the performance of E-Jets and CF34-8E engines powered with sustainable HEFA biofuel ConteÃºdo Â â€‹SÃ£o JosÃ© dos Campos, September 2, 2011 â€“ Embraer…

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