Airlines
KLM Launches New Biofuel Initiative with Embraer 190
Airline aims to cut CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020
KLM Cityhopper flew the first of some 80 biofuel flights between Olso and Amsterdam on Thursday with an Embraer 190. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by markyharky)
KLM Cityhopper flew the first of some 80 biofuel flights between Olso and Amsterdam on Thursday with an Embraer 190. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by markyharky)

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Thursday launched a series of some 80 biofuel flights from Oslo to Amsterdam with an Embraer 190. It plans to operate the remaining flights over the next five or six weeks, while Embraer conducts measurements to gauge the efficiency of biofuel compared with kerosene. The flights will depart from Oslo Airport, the first airport to supply biofuel directly from its hydrant system since January this year. In addition to biofuel supplied from the hydrant system, fuel trucks will also deliver the fuel for the series of flights operated by KLM Cityhopper.