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Aircraft and transport: Finnair prepares long-haul flight powered by bio-fuel

Helsinki, Finland - "It will be a flight to Asia, it could also be in India"

The Finnish company Finnair is ready to launch a long-haul flight to Asia with a bio-fuel-powered aircraft. "We were the first to fly a long commercial bio-fuel flight flown anywhere in the world -declares Kati Ihamaki, Finnair's vice-president for sustainable development, speaking about the flight between Amsterdam and Helsinki operated on July 2011 with an aircraft partially powered with fuel...

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Rome, Italy, 06/14/2012 15:08
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