First Qantas US-Australia biofuel flight; Carinata feedstock, Honeywell process
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2018
Qantas made the world’s first dedicated biofuel flight between the United States and Australia, Qantas QF96 from Los Angeles to Melbourne (a Boeing Dreamliner 787-9), over the weekend. Carinata seeds—a non-edible industrial mustard seed—are pressed and yield half their weight in oils that are then refined into jet fuel.
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