Airframers Combine Forces To Promote Aviation Biofuels
Airbus, Boeing and Embraer have signed an agreement to jointly promote the development of aviation biofuels.
From left to right, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh, Embraer president of commercial aviation Paulo Cesar Silva and Airbus CEO Tom Enders celebrate a biofuels development agreement at the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. (Photo: Embraer)
From left to right, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh, Embraer president of commercial aviation Paulo Cesar Silva and Airbus CEO Tom Enders celebrate a biofuels development agreement at the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. (Photo: Embraer)

Persistently high oil prices and the imperative of reducing aviation’s carbon footprint have driven rivals Airbus, Boeing and Embraer to partner in the quest for cleaner-burning biofuels. The airframers signed a memorandum of understanding March 22 at the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva to jointly promote the commercialization of “drop-in” biofuels—alternative fuels that make use of the existing petroleum infrastructure.