On green flight path: Airlines focus on eco fuel blends

Mumbai: The airline industry, one of the major contributors of CO2 emissions, has been doing its bit for a better world environment by investing in research on alternative energy sources. This is an attempt to reduce its emission levels and contribute to the cause.
According to enviro.aero, a website maintained by Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), the commercial aviation industry body, airlines have committed themselves to carbon neutral growth from 2020. This essentially means that net CO2 emissions from the aviation industry would peak between now and 2020 and would stabilise and decline after that, despite changes in traffic growth. Using biofuel-blends is expected to be one way of reducing CO2 emissions substantially.
“Kingfisher has embarked on a joint research collaboration programme with Anna University, Chennai, to explore alternative energy sources and look at possibilities of advancements in key areas such as biofuel blending with diesel for use in support vehicles on ground at airports. The company is also exploring biofuel development for tests on aircraft engines and for potential blending with jet fuel,” said a Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson.
Air India, the brand under which the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) flies, has also taken its responsibility seriously. Former CMD, V Thulasidas had constituted an environmental core group in Air India in June 2005 to act as a body for identification and assimilation of technologies.
06/06/10 Sneha Kupekar/Business Standard

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Jun 2010, New Jun 2010