Boeing, Etihad Airways conclude testing on 2020 ecoDemonstrator programme

Boeing, Etihad Airways conclude testing on 2020 ecoDemonstrator programme

Boeing and Etihad Airways concluded testing on the aerospace company's 2020 ecoDemonstrator programme last week with a cross-country flight using a 50/50 blend of sustainable and traditional jet fuel.Flying from Seattle to Boeing's manufacturing site in South Carolina, Etihad's newest 787-10 Dreamliner used the maximum sustainable fuel blend permitted for commercial aviation. The transcontinental flight also demonstrated a new way for pilots, air traffic controllers and airline operations centers to communicate simultaneously and optimize routing.Mohammad Al Bulooki, Etihad Aviation Group's chief operating officer, said: "Together with Boeing and the national airline's sustainable aviation fuel partners World Energy and EPIC, Etihad used 50,000 gallons of a 50/50 blend of sustainable aviation fuel on the final flight of our ecoDemonstrator 787-10 flight tests. This is a monumental step forward for the sector