Alaska Airlines, TUIfly and Virgin Blue are also now members of the aerospace giant’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group.

Existing airline members include Air France, Air New Zealand, All Nippon Airways, Cargolux, Gulf Air, Japan Airlines, KLM, SAS and Virgin Atlantic Airways. Boeing and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, are associate members.

Since its launch in fall last year, the User Group has established a foundation of airlines, environmental organizations, and research projects, practices and principles that can help accelerate commercialization and availability of sustainable biofuels.

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