Daily Archives: Dec. 8, 2008

Continental Airlines to conduct biofuel flight

Dec. 8, 200811:33 a.m.

Continental Airlines will demonstrate the first biofuel-powered flight of a U.S. airliner in Houston January 7.

The flight, operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blending that includes components derived from algae and jatropha plants. The plants are sustainable, second-generation fuel sources that don’t impact fuel crops or water resources or contribute to deforestation, the airline says in a news release.

Continental is partnering with Boeing, CFM International, Snecma and Sapphire Energy and Terrasol.

The demo flight will be the first commercial airline flight using algae as a fuel source and the first using a two-engine aircraft, the Boeing 737-800.

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Airbus A380 cabin too quiet, pilots say

Dec. 8, 200811:25 a.m.

Emirates Airlines pilots say they can’t get a good night’s sleep on the Airbus A380 because their sleeping quarter pick up too much noise from the passenger cabin. They’d rather hear the airplane’s engines, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.

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Cessna adjusts sales territories; loses dealership

Dec. 8, 200811:19 a.m.

The Concord Monitor in Concord, N.H. reports that Signal Aviation at the Lebanon Municipal Airport will stop selling airplanes next year. It is not renewing its dealership with Cessna Aircraft Co. because of a slowing economy, a drop in sales and some changes Cessna has made to its sales territories, Signal’s chief executive and vice president Greg Soho told the newspaper.  Read the full story here.

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