Sustainability and Environment
Airbus Launches Chinese Biofuel Study
Chinese carriers such as Sichuan Airlines will likely be among the first to use biofuels resulting from a new joint venture between Airbus and China’s Tsinghua University.
Chinese carriers such as Sichuan Airlines will likely be among the first to use biofuels resulting from a new joint venture between Airbus and China’s Tsinghua University.

Airbus and China’s Tsinghua University have agreed to jointly investigate biofuel feedstocks in the country in an initiative designed to identify the best options for sustainable commercialization of alternative fuel supply for aviation. By early next year, Airbus hopes to have narrowed down the list of possible feedstocks, which will include cooking oil and algae, to the most promising alternative fuel solutions. With that decision taken, the partners intend to investigate ways to accelerate production.