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Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:21 PM

Published 11/06/2009 by International Freighting Weekly

KLM tests cleaner fuel......

KLM is set to operate the first flight in Europe using bio-kerosene on 23 November.

One of the four engines of a B747 aircraft will be running on a fuel mixture made up of 50% sustainable bio-fuel and 50% traditional kerosene. This is an important step on the road to completely...

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