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Renewable Jet Fuel Developer Gets Financial Boost

By Joseph Baker on February 8, 2011

Tags: alternative aviation fuel, bio jet fuel, BioJet, commercial jet biofuel, Equity Partners Fund SPC, jet biofuel, United Airlines

United Airlines CEO Glen Tilton recently proclaimed that commercial airlines are ready and willing to purchase alternative jet fuels but that funding the development of jet biofuels had to start with the government.

Qatar Airways Sets Up Platform to Research and Develop Alternative Jet Fuel

By Nathanael Baker on January 13, 2010

Tags: alternative aviation fuel, biofuel, commercial airline, jet biofuel, Qatar Airways, Qatar Airways Advanced Biofuel Platform, research and development, Verno Systems

Qatar Airways is the latest airline to throw its hat into developing an alternative jet fuel.

Qatar Airways Flies World's First Commericial Flight on Natural Gas

By Nathanael Baker on October 14, 2009

Tags: air travel, Airbus, alternative aviation fuel, jet biofuel, kerosene, London, natural gas, NYSE:RDS.A, Qatar, Qatar Airways, Royal Dutch Shell, synthetic gas to liquids kerosene

Qatar Airways has flown the world's first commercial passenger flight powered by natural gas.

United Airlines CEO: Funding for Alternative Jet Fuels Has to Start with the Government

By Nathanael Baker on October 1, 2009

Tags: alternative aviation fuel, biofuel infrastructure growth, biofuels, Glenn Tilton, government funding, jet biofuels, Nasdaq:UAUA, private investment, research and development, UAL Corp. United Airlines

According to Glenn Tilton, the CEO of UAL Corp (Nasdaq:UAUA) and its United Airlines unit, commercial airlines are willing to be the buyers of alternative jet fuel, but are too financially fragile to fund the development of jet biofuels.

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