New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wreckage of the Air New Zealand Airbus A320 which crashed off the coast of France may lie forever on the seabed as a permanent memorial to the seven men who died. Air accident investigators said if the two black boxes yielded the...
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Air New Zealand utilized a biofuel blend of 50:50 jatropha and Jet A1 fuel to power one of the Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400’s Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. The Boeing 747 flew for two hours. Jatropha plants grow up to three meters and produces inedible fruits, which contain oil. It is grown on arid and marginal land in India, [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Air New Zealand has reserved time for a court hearing over Christchurch International Airport's $208 million terminal redevelopment plans. The airline has booked a court-based judicial review in the week beginning February 9. But...
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Air New Zealand tests biofuel Boeing The inedible nuts of the jatropha plant consist of 30 percent to 40 percent oil that can be converted into biofuel. (Credit: Air New Zealand) Air New Zealand, along with Boeing, Rolls-Royce, and Honeywell, retooled one of the four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines on a Boeing 747-400 to run on an … Visit [...]
GreenBiz.com Green Business News (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
The airline conducted a two-hour flight using conventional jet fuel mixed with fuel based on the jatropha plant.
Green & Clean @ Vedvarende Energi (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
The airline conducted a two-hour flight using conventional jet fuel mixed with fuel based on the jatropha plant.
Environmental Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Due to the poor EO/EI ratio of biofuel and its competition with food crops, most of us are skeptical about widespread use of biofuel to meet transportation needs. However, air transportation is one of the few sectors where finding alternative...
EarthFirst.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
When fuel prices were higher, airlines were going to great lengths to save fuel. They stripped down their planes of all unnecessary weight and even flew slower . Planes do use a staggering amount of fuel, and regardless of the price, all that fossil fuel usage is extremely harmful to the environment. Some airlines aren’t waiting for fuel prices to go back up to find more ways to save fuel. Air ...
Cnet (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Boeing 747 run on mixture of Jet A1 and Jatropha oil
Clean Break (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
The headline speaks for itself. But here’s a link to a story in Greentech Media if you want the details. Good to see positive momentum in this area.
Aviation Now (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Oil prices have tumbled, and the economy has elbowed the environment from the headlines, but aviation's drive toward alternative fuels shows no sign of slowing down.On Dec. 30, Air New Zealand conducted the first flight test of a second-generation biofuel blend. Continental Airlines on Jan. 7 and Japan Airlines on Jan. 30 will flight-test additional biofuel mixes that meet the airline industry's...
Mirabilis.ca (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
From the Huffington Post: New Zealand’s Biofuel Plane Uses 50-50 Blend. Air New Zealand has tested a passenger jet powered partially with oil from a plum-sized fruit known as jatropha, in efforts to reduce its carbon footprint and cut its fuel bill. With its test flight Tuesday, the airline became the latest carrier experiment with alternative fuels, [...]
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Air New Zealand is the latest airliner to test a new biofuel
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
A New Zealand airliner successfully fueled a plane using oil from the seeds of a poisonous shrub, at a time when airlines hit by high oil prices and pressure over the impact of planes on the environment seek greener fuels.The airline said in a statement that an Air New Zealand Boeing 747 flew for two hours on December 30 with one of its four engines powered by a 50-50 mixture of jet fuel...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Air New Zealand on Tuesday successfully flew a test flight powered by second-generation biofuel, and hailed it as a "significant milestone" in the development of sustainable fuels for aircraft. The airline used a 50-50 blend of standard jet fuel and synthetic fuel made from the oil of jatropha plant seeds to power one of the engines on a Boeing 747 during a two-hour test flight. Report with...
