IATA predicts biofuel use within three to five years – Friday Fuel Watch

IATA Director General and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, has forecast that airlines could be operating commercial flights with biofuel within three to five years. The issue, according to IATA, is no longer technological but commercial. Synthetic fuel blends, using the Fischer Tropsch process, have already been approved for commercial use in a mix of up to 50% with standard aviation kerosene.