Green aviation fuel key to Indonesian JV

An environmentally-friendly air transportation sector is the aim for an collaboration between the Indonesian government and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

It is believed the ICAO will assist in developing local civil aviation human resources and create objectives centred on promotion of alternative fuels initiatives among other things.

One of the first steps is believed to be a mix of 2% biodiesel and bioethanol in aviation turbine fuel by January next year.

The joint venture is set to last three years and was signed by Transportation Ministry air transportation director-general Herry Bakti Gumay and ICAO secretary-general Raymond Benjamin.