I-Continental Airlines ngesonto elizayo ingaba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala yase-US ukukhombisa ukuthi amajezi abagibeli akwazi ukundiza ngengxube ekhethekile yolwelwe, i-jatropha weed kanye ne-jet fuel.

Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, i-Air New Zealand yenze ngempumelelo ucwaningo olufanayo futhi kamuva kule nyanga iJapan Airlines ihlela ukuqhuba indiza yayo yokuhlola ama-biofuels.

Ithemba liwukuthi ukusetshenziswa kabanzi kwama-biofuels kuzonciphisa ukuthembela kwemboni yezindiza kuphethiloli wejethi evamile futhi kunciphise ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni.

I-Jatropha iyisitshalo esingadleki esikhiqiza imbewu enamafutha angamaphesenti angu-37 engashiswa njengophethiloli ngaphandle kokucwengwa, ngokwengosi ye-Internet i-Jatropha World.

Indiza yase-Continental izosuka e-Houston ngoLwesithathu futhi ingathwali bagibeli. Abashayeli bezindiza abahlola i-Boeing 737-800 abasebenzisa izinjini ze-CFM International bazosebenzisa i-concoction nge-No. 2, noma injini yesokudla.

Abashayeli bezindiza bazoqhuba ukusheshisa, ukwehliswa kwesivinini, ukuvalwa kwenjini endizeni kanye nokuqalisa kabusha nokunye ukuqondisa, kokubili okujwayelekile nokunye, ngokusho kwenkampani yenethiwekhi ese-Houston.

Lokhu kuhlola kuyingxenye yokuzibophezela kwenkampani ethintekayo ekwehliseni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni kanye nokuhlonza izixazululo eziqhubekayo zikaphethiloli zesikhathi eside embonini, u-Larry Kellner, usihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Continental, kusho isitatimende esilungisiwe.

I-Continental ithe manje kushisa cishe amalitha angu-18 kaphethiloli ukundiza umgibeli oyedwa amakhilomitha angu-1,000 35, okuyisilinganiso esingaphansi ngamaphesenti angu-1997 ngokukhipha isisi esingcolisa umoya kunango-XNUMX.

Umxhumanisi wezokundiza u-Bob Mann wakwa-RW Mann & Co. uthe izinhlobo ezimbalwa zemithombo kaphethiloli zicatshangelwa abathwali bemboni.

"Kodwa nginovalo lokuthi noma yikuphi ukuthengiswa kwanoma yiziphi zalezi zinqubo kungenzeka kudlule ishumi leminyaka," esho.

Ukuhlolwa kwe-Continental kwenziwa ngokubambisana ne-Boeing, i-GE Aviation, i-CFM International, umthuthukisi wobuchwepheshe bokucwenga i-UOP, inkampani ye-Honeywell, nabahlinzeki bakawoyela i-Sapphire Energy ne-Terrasol, ehlinzekele i-algae ne-jatropha, ngokulandelana.

I-CFM iyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe le-General Electric ne-Snecma.

Indiza ye-Japan Airlines, ehlelelwe u-Jan. 30, ihlanganisa i-Sustainable Oils, ibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe le-Targeted Growth kanye nenkampani ezinze e-Houston, i-Green Earth Fuels.