The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has officially authorized KLM Engineering & Maintenance (KLM E&M) to carry out Base Maintenance in Amsterdam on Boeing 747-400s as of February 2008. KLM E&M is the first European company, and only the second outside Japan, to be granted this authorization. The JCAB has also renewed KLM E&M

Australian sustainable aviation fuel industry receives massive boost with major investment
The Australian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry has received a massive boost with a major joint investment. A Queensland biofuel refinery being jointly developed by Jet Zero Australia and LanzaJet is to receive investment from Qantas Group, Airbus, and the Queensland Government. The refinery is looking to produce SAF from agricultural by-products, including sugar cane.