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Advertisement Paris: Air France-KLM flew a biofuel-powered Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal, demonstrating the airline’s readiness to adopt low-emissions fuel despite deep industry divisions over the pace of its adoption. Air France flight 342 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) with a 16 per cent mix of sustainable aviation fuel in its fuel tanks, produced in France by Total from used cooking oil. Air France-KLM preparing its first long-haul flight with sustainable aviation fuel. Credit:AP The flight signalled a “shared ambition to decarbonise air transp...

Air France-KLM flew a biofuel-powered Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal on Tuesday.

ADVERTISEMENT Air France-KLM, on Tuesday, flew its Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal on biofuel by mixing sustainable aviation fuel petroleum with a synthetic jet fuel derived from waste cooking oils. The passenger jet took off from the airport with its fuel capacity being made up of 16 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), one that was produced in France from used cooking oil by Total, AFP reported. Air-France said such a flight was its first long-haul and the feat was unprecedented. The company said the effort was to show readiness to adopt low-emission fuel in the bid to spur the avia...

Article content Air France-KLM flew a biofuel-powered Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal on Tuesday, demonstrating the airline’s readiness to adopt low-emissions fuel despite deep industry divisions over the pace of its adoption. Air France flight 342 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport with a 16 per cent mix of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its fuel tanks, produced in France by Total from used cooking oil. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Air France flies Paris-Montreal with 16 per cent used cooking oil fuel in its tanks Back to vid...

Even as new setbacks cloud their path to recovery, airline bosses are focusing on the lasting impact of Covid-19 on premium travel, technology and other pillars of their business. Aviation leaders, forced to gather virtually by the pandemic, have been gauging its longer-term fallout at the World Aviation Festival, after more than a year of lockdowns. Drawing many top executives and thousands of participants, this week’s event comes as doubts over the northern summer vacation season renew scrutiny of airlines’ cash and their ability to withstand another washout. The addition of France, Bri...