SkyNRG to announce second sustainable jet fuel customer: Thomson Airways
AMSTERDAM, July 1, 2011 -- SkyNRG will supply Thomson Airways with sustainable jet fuel this summer. Thomson Airways announced earlier today that it will start operating one flight per week from Birmingham Airport on sustainable jet fuel from 28th of July 2011. Thomson is the second airline contracting with SkyNRG after KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Birmingham Airport will represent SkyNRG’s second operational base after Schiphol Airport.
At this stage, it is anticipated that the weekly sustainable jet fuel flights will operate for one year from Birmingham to Palma in the summer and from Birmingham to Alicante in the winter. As sustainable jet fuels become more commercially viable, Thomson Airways plans to expand its use of sustainable jet fuels across its fleet over the next three years.
Both SkyNRG and Thomson Airways firmly believe that the adoption of “green routes” by airlines will help accelerate the development of sustainable and affordable jet fuels, which have the potential to reduce aviation emissions by up to 80% in the long-term.
Deidre Kotze, Airline Environmental Manager at Thomson Airways states: “Sustainability is key to this investment. SkyNRG’s robust approach on this matter, played a big role in giving them our confidence”.
“We have tried to make the entry barrier for airlines to embrace this new fuel era as low as possible“ says SkyNRG’s Managing Director Dirk Kronemeijer. “Being selected as supplier for Thomson Airways is therefore a big deal for us as it proves that we are on the right track to help create this industry”.
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