Airlines
Boeing Promotes Aviation Biofuel in Africa
Teams with several stakeholders to identify and develop feed stocks on the continent
Boeing Commercial Airplanes regional director for environmental strategy Elizabeth Wood highlights the social benefits of locally grown biofuel feed stocks in Africa during the Africa Aviation Biofuel Summit in Addis Ababa.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes regional director for environmental strategy Elizabeth Wood highlights the social benefits of locally grown biofuel feed stocks in Africa during the Africa Aviation Biofuel Summit in Addis Ababa.

The Boeing Company has teamed with the South African government, South African Airways (SAA), the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and U.S. energy firm SKYNRG, to identify biofuel feed stocks in Africa. Boeing Commercial Airplanes regional director for environmental strategy Elizabeth Wood announced the initiative during the Africa Aviation Biofuel Summit on March 20 in Addis Ababa, where the partners deliberated with Ethiopian government officials on the use of sustainable aviation fuel. Separately, RSB signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ethiopian Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Mines, Petroleum, and Natural Gas calling for collaboration on biofuel research and development.


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