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Claire Ushers in Climate-Friendlier Air Traffic Era

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MTU Aero Engines, in partnership with Bauhaus Luftfahrt, has unveiled an ambitious programme designed to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of aircraft engines.

Martens also explained that today's engines - with some minor modifications - could also be operated on biofuel. Regarding the impact that this would have on his industry, he said:

?Our engines actually don't need fossil kerosene. Since aircraft powerplants are multi-fuel engines, they can burn fuel from biological material just as well as fossil kerosene. Examples are already flying: in South Africa, aircraft have for years been traveling on synthetic fuels.?


 

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