The flight was conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International and Honeywell's UOP and was reportedly the first sustainable biofuel demonstration flight by a commercial airline using a two-engine aircraft.
A Boeing 737-800 aircraft with CFM International CFM56-7B engines was used for the flight. One of the engines was operated using a biofuel blend consisting of 50% biologically-derived fuel and 50% traditional jet fuel. The other engine was operated on 100% traditional jet fuel to allow comparison of performance between the biofuel blend and traditional fuel. The biofuel blend included components derived from algae and jatropha plants.
The aircraft departed from and returned to Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport and conducted a two-hour flight, during which Continental test pilots engaged the aircraft in normal and non-normal flight manoeuvres.
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