Fri, Jan 15, 2010
FAA's CAAFI Wins Joseph S. Murphy Award
The Commercial Aviation Alternative
Fuel Initiative (CAAFI), an FAA sponsored effort to develop
environmentally-sound, sustainable-alternative jet fuels, has
received “one of the most coveted and valued honors” by
a leading aviation-industry publication. Air Transport
World’s Joseph S. Murphy Industry Service Award is given to
an individual or an organization that has performed outstanding
service benefiting air travel.
“This recognition is a strong endorsement of CAAFI’s
innovative public-private partnership and recognizes the tremendous
joint effort leading to significant advancements for alternative
jet fuels this past year,” said FAA Acting Assistant
Administrator for Policy, Planning and Environment Nancy LoBue.
“Environmentally sound alternative jet fuel is a key priority
for the FAA and it is rapidly becoming a reality.”
CAAFI seeks to enhance energy security and environmental
sustainability for aviation through alternative jet fuels.
The initiative is a coalition of the U.S. commercial aviation
community that acts as a focal point for engaging the emerging
alternative fuels industry. It enables its diverse
stakeholders to build relationships, share and collect needed data,
identify resources, and direct research, development and deployment
of alternative fuels. The initiative is fostering efforts to
ensure critical issues in fuel safety, research and development,
environmental impacts, and business and economic viability are
addressed.
CAAFI’s sponsors include the
FAA Office of Environment and Energy and three trade
associations: Airports Council International of North America
(ACI-NA) representing commercial airports, the Aerospace Industries
Association (AIA) representing U.S. manufacturers, and the Air
Transport Association (ATA) representing U.S. airlines. CAAFI
stakeholders are drawn from all elements of the international
commercial aviation industry, fuel suppliers, universities, and
multiple U.S. government agencies.
The industry awards program was created in 1974 to recognize
excellence. Originally a modest program, over intervening
decades it has become one of the most valued recognitions a company
or person in the airline community can receive. CAAFI will
receive the award at a ceremony in Singapore on February 1.
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