KLM to use recycled frying oil to fly planes

The Dutch airline KLM says it plans to use recycled cooking oil to power many of its daily flights between Amsterdam and Paris. Starting from September, KLM hopes to use biokerosene, which is made from used frying oil such as chip fat, on up to 200 journeys.

In 2009 KLM ran a 90-minute test flight which carried 40 people and saw one of the four engines powered by a combination of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The latest foray into biofuels will see KLM use half traditional kerosene and half biofuel for the entire plane.

Currently KLM only has enough supplies - which are collected from hotels, restaurants and factories before being sent to the US for refining - for 200 journeys. However the airline's managing director, Camiel Eurlings, said it was aiming to go much further than that: "We need to move forward together to attain continuous access to sustainable fuel."

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