Lufthansa completes successful biofuel trial by Cheap Flights Booker UK

Lufthansa has announced positive results from a recently completed six-month trial of biosynthetic fuel on flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt.

Nearly 1,200 services were operated between the German cities and initial estimates suggest that carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by 1,471 tonnes as a result of using biofuel.

The trial concluded with the first scheduled transatlantic flight to the US using the fuel, which operated from Frankfurt to Washington DC and was expected to achieve a 38-tonne reduction in CO2 output.

Joachim Buse, vice president of aviation biofuel at Lufthansa, said: "Our burnFAIR project went off smoothly and to our fullest satisfaction.

"As expected, biofuel proved its worth in daily flight operations."

Christoph Franz, chairman of the executive board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, underlined the importance of developing new technologies and alternatives to fossil fuels to guarantee a sustainable future for the aviation industry.

The International Air Transport Association has set airlines a target of reducing net carbon dioxide emissions by 50% on 2005 levels by 2050.


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