Add Airlines Concentrate On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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<br>It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at industrial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from [rising oil](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover practical [options](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to [traditional kerosene](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and these up until now appear to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of routine fuel and bio [derivatives](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [consisting](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) foods.<br>
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to [perform](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) research study and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic consultants for the job.<br>
<br>The current airline to start explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has [performed internal](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating development has been the relocation far from biofuels which complete head on with food customers thereby preventing a price spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in [cars caused](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) a spike in maize rates as US farmers [diverted excessive](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving simply to please somebody else's green qualifications.<br>