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The Scandinavian Airlines System, with other air carriers, Boeing and Honeywell refining technology subsidiary, UOP, have established a group to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels. With support and advice from the global environmental organizations, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group makes commercial aviation the first global transportation sector to voluntarily...
Chevron Global Aviation today launched a rewards program unlike any other in the business and general aviation markets. The new FlyBuys(TM) reward program (www.FlyBuysRewardsProgram.com) targets business and general aviation pilots as well as business aviation flight departments. FlyBuys participants - individuals or organizations - will be able to earn points based on purchases of jet fuel and aviation gasoline at participating Chevron and Texaco FBOs around the country. Extra points can be...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Peter Dalpe of Honeywell, +1-973-455-4908, peter.dalpe@honeywell.com DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, announced today that it has joined a group of leading air carriers and Boeing (NYSE: BA) to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels. With support and advice from world leading environmental organizations, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Natural...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Terrance Scott, +1-206-571-8070, terrance.scott@boeing.com, or Jim Proulx, +1-206-766-2041, jim.proulx@boeing.com, both of Boeing Commercial Airplanes SEATTLE, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has, with leading air carriers and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, established a group to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new aviation fuels. With support and advice from the world's leading...
Carbon Sciences Inc. (OTCBB: CABN), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into high value, earth-friendly products, announced today that the company is developing a breakthrough technology to transform CO2 into the basic fuel building blocks required to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other portable fuels. "We are very excited about this breakthrough," stated Derek McLeish, the company's CEO. "By innovating at the intersection of...
Air New Zealand is reinforcing its claim to the title of the world's most environmentally responsible airline by installing new equipment that will reduce the carbon emissions from its international jet fleet. The airline will retrofit zonal dryers supplied by CTT Systems Inc of Sweden across four of its jet fleets to reduce fuel burn and consequent emissions. The electrically-powered dryers, mounted in the space above the ceiling or under the floor, reduce moisture trapped in...
By Roger Yu and Gene Sloan Despite lower crude oil prices, fuel-related fees added by airlines and cruise companies are here to stay. Citing soaring fuel prices, airlines and cruise lines have added fuel surcharges and other transactional fees in the past 12 months to help recoup their costs. But the oil price is now far below the level at which it stood back in the summer, when the latest round of fuel surcharge hikes went through. Earlier this week, the price of oil plunged below...
As crude oil prices jumped over the past two years, airlines and other fuel-dependent companies turned to surcharges as a way to cushion their balance sheets from higher costs. Now, however, crude oil is in the midst of a retreat, dropping briefly below $100 per barrel on Sept. 12. In the past two months, crude has declined by nearly one-third since topping $147 per barrel. In a Sept. 12 client note, Credit Suisse (CS) analyst Daniel McKenzie cited crude's "collapse" as one reason he's...
Solazyme Inc. announced that it has produced the world's first microbial-derived jet fuel. Solazyme's algal-derived aviation fuel as analyzed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), one of the nations leading fuel analytical laboratories, passed the eleven "most challenging specifications needed to meet the ASTM D1655 standard for Aviation Turbine Fuel. The tested areas included the key measurements for density, thermal oxidative stability, flashpoint, freezing point, distillation and...
By CHRIS KAHN Getting the right mix to keep the engines running properly is tricky. PHOENIX -- With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge. "When you're in an airplane, you don't want your fuel to start solidifying," said Robert Dunn, a Department of Agriculture chemical engineer who is studying biodiesel...
