PARIS — Air France-KLM flew a biofuel-powered Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal on Tuesday, demonstrating the airline’s readiness to adopt low-emissions fuel despite deep industry divisions over the pace of its adoption.
Air France Flight 342 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport with a 16 percent mix of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its fuel tanks, produced in France by Total from used cooking oil.
The flight signaled a “shared ambition to decarbonize air transportation and to develop a SAF supply chain in France,” the companies said in a joint statement with airport operator ADP.
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