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China Airlines takes delivery of A-350XWB plane powered with biofuel mix

Toulouse, France - Taiwanese carrier joins to the program for sustainable fuel of Airbus

China Airlines of Taiwan has become the second carrier to join a programme to use a blend of traditional and sustainable biofuels to power aircraft for delivery flights from Airbus. The plane involved is the tenth A-350/900 for China Airlines, which left the manufacturer’s delivery centre in Toulouse today for its new home in Taipei with a 10 percent blend of sustainable jet fuel in its tanks. The s...

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Rome, Italy, 12/01/2017 16:19
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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