Qatar make Gatwick gas flight
13.10.09
Qatar Airways said today that it has completed the world's first commercial passenger flight powered by fuel made from natural gas, marking an important step for the aviation industry's efforts to reduce its dependency on oil-based fuel. The flight from Gatwick to Doha yesterday was operated by a Airbus A340-600 aircraft using a mixture of synthetic gas to liquids (GTL) kerosene and conventional oil-based kerosene fuel, the airline said in a statement.
The gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar is set to become the world's leading producer of GTL kerosene when it is put into commercial production from 2012. Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Qatar's deputy prime minister and minister of energy and industry said: ‘Qatar's position as the GTL capital of the world has been further enhanced with today's achievement. Commercial aviation is one of the exciting new markets that this opens up, helping us maximise the value from our natural resources.'
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