Giovanny Bisignani is a director general and chief executive of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), who worked hard in order to verify that IATA is not deprived of its exemption from the Kyoto Protocol at the COP15 Conference that will be held in Copenhagen this week.
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KLM flied first bio-fuel powered plane
Today is a historic day for aviation and for the environment. On November 23rd, 2009, KLM had the first biofuel test flight in the history of aviation. The Boeing 747 will be running on a fuel mixture made up of 50% sustainable bio-fuel and 50% traditional kerosene and only a selected group of passengers will get a chance to fly.
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Qatar Airways – First airline to fly with gas
Qatar Airways recently became the first airline ever to fly using fuel made of natural gas, attempting to show the airline industry that there are viable alternatives to oil-based fuel. Gary Woodward developed such fuel of natural gas with the help of synthetic gas-to-liquids (GTL) and conventional oil-based kerosene.
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