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KLM Begins Biofuel Flights Between New York, Amsterdam
The KLM Boeing 777-200 at the gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. It later returned to Amsterdam. (Courtesy: Boeing)
The KLM Boeing 777-200 at the gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. It later returned to Amsterdam. (Courtesy: Boeing)

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, in partnership with the Schiphol Group, Delta Air Lines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey christened the first in a series of biofuel-powered flights between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on March 8. The flight of the KLM Boeing 777-200 also marked the beginning of a demonstration by Boeing and KLM of several advanced technologies aimed at improving operational efficiency, saving fuel and reducing noise and emissions.