Airbus has formed a partnership with one of China's main academic institutions to study the advancement of aviation biofuels. A joint project between the European planemaker and Beijing's…

China's state-owned planemaker COMAC and Boeing have opened a new biofuel research centre in China. The Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation & Emissions Reductions Technology…

Air Canada and Airbus have performed a trans-Atlantic flight partially powered by biofuel. The Airbus A330, which flew from Montreal to London last week carrying a number of Canadian…

The US government has unveiled a major new plan to boost the development of biofuels. The US departments of Agriculture and Energy, along with the US Navy, have announced an investment of…

KLM operated the longest biofuel flight so far today, flying from Amsterdam to Rio de Janeiro. The Boeing 777-300 made the journey partially powered by a sustainable fuel made from…

Qantas will operate a commercial flight powered by biofuel on 13 April 2012. The flight, a Sydney-Adelaide return service operated by an Airbus A330, will be powered by a biofuel derived…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments and aviation stakeholders to join together to advance the development of biofuels. The association's…

Continental Airlines Monday operated its first US commercial flight powered by advanced biofuels. Flight 1403, a Boeing 737-800, departed Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport at 1030 for…

Alaska Airlines will fly 75 commercial passenger flights in the US powered by biofuel. Starting today, Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, will fly from Seattle to…

In partnership with Boeing and other aviation partners, Air China has successfully completed its first biofuel flight. The two-hour mainland flight from Beijing Capital International Airport…

Air China has joined the search for sustainable aviation fuels. The state owned airline recently became the first Chinese member of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG). The…

Thomson Airways today becomes the first UK airline to fly a commercial passenger flight using a plane powered by biofuel. The company will fly 232 passengers from Birmingham to Lanzarote at…

General Electric (GE) has joined a Virgin Australia-led biofuels initiative. The consortium of private and non-profit partners aims to research and develop commercial biofuel for the…

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has joined the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (SAFUG) - a collective organisation that aims to accelerate the development and commercialisation of renewable…

Over the next three years, government authorities in the US are to invest US$510 million in biofuel development for use in commercial and military transportation. The U.S. departments of…

Finnair aims to fly its first biofuel flight from Amsterdam and Helsinki this week in what it claims to be the longest biofuelled commercial flight to date. At this stage Finnair aims to…

Lufthansa has launched the world's first scheduled flights powered by biofuel. The German carrier, in collaboration with Airbus, has started a six-month biofuel trial using biosynthetic…

Lufthansa has launched a six-month biofuel trial on regular scheduled flights.A Lufthansa Airbus A321 will fly the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Hamburg route four times daily. One of its engines will…

Thomson Airways is to become the first UK airline to operate a flight on biofuel later this month. The airline will use the sustainable fuel on a flight from Birmingham to Palma on 28 July…

Boeing's new 747-8 Freighter flew into the Paris Air Show earlier this week powered partially by renewable energy. The flight marked the world's first trans-Atlantic crossing of a…

Airbus, together with a consortium of key stakeholders, has established one of Europe's first projects aiming to establish a sustainable processing and production of bio-kerosene jet-fuel.…