747-400 Powered By Sustainable Fuel To Fly December 3
Air New Zealand and Boeing announced Tuesday that December 3
will be the date for the
airline's sustainable biofuels flight from Auckland using a
747-400 jetliner. Conducted in partnership with
Rolls-Royce and UOP, a Honeywell company, one of the airplane's
four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines will be powered in part using
advanced generation biofuels derived from jatropha.