JAKARTA, Oct 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, said yesterday that, it succeeded in flying a commercial passenger plane using aviation fuel blended with palm oil, the company’s president director said.
The Boeing 737-800NG aircraft, with more than 100 people on board, took off from the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Banten province, yesterday to the Adi Soemarmo International Airport in Central Java, about 550 km away.
“This is the first time. After having carried out a successful trial, we used biofuel for a commercial flight,” Garuda Indonesia President Director, Irfan Setiaputra said, at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
The alternative jet fuel is produced by Indonesia’s state-owned energy firm, PT Pertamina. Indonesia conducted its first test flight with a similar type of fuel on a plane in 2021.
As the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, the country is making efforts to widen the use of biofuels to cut fuel imports.– NNN-ANTARA
