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Qatar Airways' A-340/600 airplane powered with new GTL fuel

Doha, Qatar - It is a mix of Synthetic Parafinic Kerosene (SPK)

Qatar Petroleum (QP), Qatar Airways and Shell celebrated last week the first commercial introduction of a new aviation jet fuel – the first to be approved globally in over two decades. The innovative GTL Jet Fuel blended with Synthetic Parafinic Kerosene from the world’s largest Gas to Liquids plant -Pearl GTL in Qatar- is now flowing into aeroplane tanks at Doha International Airport. His Exc...

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Rome, Italy, 01/15/2013 15:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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