Air Canada, others power multicarrier biofuel experiment ir Canada and three other airlines took steps into the world of biofuels on June 19, operating a series of flights between Canada and South America using planes powered by biofuels. Air Canada's Airbus-supported flight, which was partially fueled by recycled cooking oil, is part of an initiative by the international Civil Aviation Qrganization and was undertaken to correspond with the Rio -F20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. "[The] flight with Air Canada proves that the aviation industry is in a strong position to reduce emissions," Airbus' Fabrice Brégier said in a statement. "To make this a day-to-day commercial reality, it requires now a political will to foster incentives to scale up the use of sustainable biofuels and to accelerate the modernization of the air-traffic-management system. We need a dear endorsement by governments and all aviation stakeholders to venture beyond today's limitations." ICAO Secretary General Raymond Benjamin traveled on the Air Canada flight from Toronto to Mexico City to make his way down to Rio de Janeiro for the summit. But the Toronto-Mexico flight was just one leg of a journey that involved a handful of carriers and the world's top three aircraft manufacturers. Benjamin began his itinerary in Montreal, traveling on flights operated by Air Canada, Porter Airlines, Aeromexico and GOL. "This is truly a world-first series of flights, and one which demonstrates that the whole air transport sector is working together to make significant advances across a range of sustainability issues, so that it can continue to fulfill its role as a catalyst for economic and social development, while reducing its impact on the environment," Benjamin said in a statement, A C W
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