A Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-8 has completed China’s first intercontinental passenger flight with sustainable aviation fuel produced from used cooking oil (UCO) from restaurants in China stated owned China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec).
According to Xinhua News Agency, Hainan Airlines flight 497 flew from Beijing (PEK), China to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) in the United States (US) on November 21 after flying a distance of over 11 000 km. The twelve and half hour long flight in a Boeing 787 was part of a green aviation cooperation project between the two countries.
