MORE AIRLINES JOIN SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL USERS GROUP

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) -- More leading air carriers have been
accepted as members of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group.

In a statement issued from Seattle Monday, Boeing said the new members were
Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue.

Current members of the airline-led industry working group include Air
France, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Cargolux, Gulf Air, Japan Airlines,
KLM, SAS and Virgin Atlantic Airways.

Boeing and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, are associate
members.

The User Group was launched in the fall of 2008 and has established a
foundation of airlines, environmental organisations, research projects and
practices and principles that can help accelerate the commercialisation and
availability of sustainable biofuels.

Previously, it announced research projects on algae and jatropha curcus and
later this year, the group will launch a sustainability assessment of
halophytes, a class of plants that thrive in saltwater habitat.

That effort would assess lifecycle CO2 emissions and socio-economic impacts,
Boeing said.
-- BERNAMA