China’s ‘First’ Successful Cross-Ocean Biofuels Flight Completed

China’s ‘First’ Successful Cross-Ocean Biofuels Flight Completed

By: Biofuels International
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A @HainanAirlines 787 #Dreamliner completes 12.5 hr flight powered by biofuel. http://bit.ly/2AL6OfM via @biofuelsmag

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Thursday, November 30, 2017 - 4:05pm

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Flight 497 took off from the Beijing on 21 November. It landed at Chicago’s O’Hare airport at 12:05pm local time. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner completed the more than 11,000km journey with biological aviation fuel produced from waste cooking oil, according to Xinhua.

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Boeing is committed to being a top performer in all areas of business – including the environment. From 2007 to 2017, the company reduced greenhouse gas emissions 29 percent while growing business and increasing aircraft deliveries by 71 percent. In 2018, Boeing set environmental goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent; water, energy, and solid waste to landfill all 20 percent; and hazardous waste five percent, by 2025.

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