SkyNRG serves first Asia Pacific passenger flight on sustainable jet fuel: Thai Airways
AMSTERDAM, December 21, 2011 -- SkyNRG, the Amsterdam based market maker in sustainable jet fuel will supply Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) for the first passenger biofuel flight in Asia. The special flight TG8421 is scheduled to depart from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport today, Wednesday 21 December.
SkyNRG has already contracted more than 10 airline customers covering all continents in the world. THAI is SkyNRG’s first Asia Pacific customer and sixth publicly announced airline customer after KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Finnair, Thomson Airways, Air-France and Alaska Airlines.
THAI and SkyNRG also signed a statement together indicating their long term commitment to actively participate in creating a market for sustainable jet fuel that is affordable.
Mr. Piyasvasti Amranand, President of THAI states: “THAI believes sustainable jet fuel will play an important role in the transition to a sustainable future for aviation and is willing do its part. We intend to make sustainable jet fuel an integral part of our strategy. We support the SkyNRG “market making” business model of demand aggregation. Structural demand for sustainable jet fuel will translate into stakeholder engagement and lower prices in the (near) future”
“We think the Asia Pacific continent has great potential to give a critical boost towards making the market for sustainable jet fuel that is affordable. In this roadmap THAI has made a fantastic step today. But there is a lot more to come in this continent and we are determined to be there when that happens” says Dirk Kronemeijer, Managing Director SkyNRG.
Tagged with skynrg, biofuel, thai, airways, asia, sustainability
