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There are many experiments and trials in progress. This section looks at those tests and reports on their outputs. If you want to learn more about a flight that has already touched down simply click on the tick.

Carrier Aircraft Partners Date Biofuel Blend Touchdown
B747-400 Boeing,
GE Aviation
23 Feb 08 Coconut & Babassu 20%
one engine


A380 Airbus,
Rolls-Royce, Shell
1 Feb 08 Gas to Liquid (not biofuel) 50%
one engine


  B747-400 Boeing,
Rolls-Royce
30 Dec 08 Jatropha 50%
one engine


B737-800 Boeing,
GE Aviation,
CFM,
Honeywell UOP
7 Jan 09 Algae and Jatropha 50%
one engine


B747-300 Boeing,
Pratt & Whitney,
Honeywell UOP
30 Jan 09 Camelina, Jatropha,
Algae blend
50%
one engine


A340-600 Airbus, Shell 12 Oct 2009 Gas to Liquid
(not biofue
50% 
four engines


B747-400 GE, Honeywell 23 Nov 2009 Camelina 50%
one engine


A319 Rentech 30 April 2010 Gas to liquid
(not biofuel)
40%
two engines


 A320 Airbus, CFM 23 November 2010 Jatropha 50%
 


 A320 CFM, Safran, EADS, 
Airbus, Honeywell
1 April 2011 Jatropha 27%


G450  Rolls-Royce,
GulfStream
18 June 2011 Camelina 50% one
engine


B747-8F GE, Honeywell 20 Jun 2011 Camelina 15%
four engines


Air China

B747-400 Boeing, PetroChina
Pratt & Whitney,
  Honeywell UOP
28 Oct 2011 Jatropha 50%
one engine

 

 


E190 Embraer, Amyris,
GE Aviation
First half 2012 Sugarcane TBC

 

 


300ER Boeing 24 Jan 2012 Recycled vegetable cooking oil TBC