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A-320 airplane to make Mexico's first bio-fuel flight

Toulouse, France - Interjet and Airbus launch a new initiative

Interjet and Airbus are scheduled to conduct the first Jatropha-based bio-fuel flight in Mexico later on Friday using an Airbus A-320 aircraft. The bio-fuel is made from locally sourced Jatropha plant harvested in the southern state of Chiapas. The aim of the demonstration flight and the project is to speed up the commercialisation of aviation bio-fuel in Mexico. The A-320 flight is planned from...

fra/pec - 1127760
Rome, Italy, 04/01/2011 16:22
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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