Garuda Completes Test Flight Using Jet Fuel, Palm Oil Blend

Garuda Indonesia boeing 737-800

The fuel blend was used in a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800.

Credit: Olaf Schuelke/Alamy Stock Photo
SINGAPORE—Garuda Indonesia has completed a Boeing 737-800 test flight powered by a blend of jet fuel and refined palm oil. The aircraft flew from Jakarta to Pelabuhan Ratu, about 80 mi. south of the Indonesian capital, marking the first live flight using Bioavtur J2.4 fuel since static tests on the...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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