Lufthansa Airbus A321 Became the First Commercial Aircraft Using Biofuel
Sunday, August 7, 2011
, Posted by Sritam at 9:45 PM
Lufthansa Airbus A321 will be the first commercial aircraft to fly using natural fuel (biofuel). In this first flight the plane will take one hour 10 minutes from Hamburg to Frankfurt. Biosynthetic namely kerosene fuel (a mixture of 50% biofuel).
Lufthansa, German Airlines is experimenting for six months, and serve the 1200 flight schedule.Lufthansa said the program is to reduce carbon emissions by 1,500 tons. But Lufthansa policy was criticized Robbie Blake, from Friends of the Earth Europe, saying the natural fuel actually increased poverty, hunger, deforestation, land piracy, and make climate change worse.
Christoph Franz, chief executive of Lufthansa said that “Lufthansa is the first airline in the world to use natural fuel and operational flight schedule. We will continue to implement this program on an ongoing basis, “.
Lufthansa, German Airlines is experimenting for six months, and serve the 1200 flight schedule.Lufthansa said the program is to reduce carbon emissions by 1,500 tons. But Lufthansa policy was criticized Robbie Blake, from Friends of the Earth Europe, saying the natural fuel actually increased poverty, hunger, deforestation, land piracy, and make climate change worse.
Christoph Franz, chief executive of Lufthansa said that “Lufthansa is the first airline in the world to use natural fuel and operational flight schedule. We will continue to implement this program on an ongoing basis, “.
