7
Jan
2009
Continental Airlines Flight Demonstrates Use of Sustainable Biofuels as Energy Source for Jet Travel
HOUSTON – Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) today is demonstrating the use of sustainable biofuel to power a commercial aircraft for the first time ever in North America. The demonstration flight – which is being conducted in partnership with Boeing, GE Aviation/CFM International, and Honeywell’s UOP – marks the first sustainable biofuel demonstration flight by a commercial carrier using a two-engine aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 equipped with CFM International CFM56-7B engines.
