Japan Airlines has released that they will test a Boeing 747-300 aircraft from Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan for one hour on January 30th 2009. Unlike Continental that is looking at a jatropha-algae energy mix, JAL will be using 84 percent camelina, less than 16 percent of jatropha, and less than 1 percent of algae. This biofuel will consist of 50% of the fuel used for the flight - it will then will be mixed with 50% traditional jet fuel. The mix will be tested on one of four engines that is used by the aircraft.
The flight is meant to test the reliability as well as the efficiency of this fuel, and therefore its engine and aircraft will also be analyzed by their specific engineers.
Japan Airlines will be the first Asian airline to fly with biofuel, and only the second airline in the world to use a Boeing 747 jet to do so.
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