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KLM to launch biofuel flight Friday

Mar. 5, 2013 Linda Blachly | ATWOnline

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Friday will launch a series of biofuel-powered intercontinental flights from New York-JFK Airport to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport on a Boeing 777.

The initiative is in partnership with Schiphol Group, Delta Air Lines, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. The flight series will depart weekly from JFK for 25 weeks running partially on sustainable biofuel.

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