Honeywell Green Jet Fuel powers demonstration flight with Mexico's Interjet

UOP, a Honeywell company, reported that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel, produced using UOP process technology, successfully powered an Interjet Airbus A320-214 from Mexico City to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Process technology from Honeywell’s UOP was used to convert Mexican-sourced jatropha, an inedible plant that can be grown in many climates and does not compete with the food chain, to Honeywell Green Jet Fuel. The Green Jet Fuel was blended with traditional petroleum-derived jet fuel to power one of the aircraft’s CFM56-5B4/3 engines manufactured by CFM International. The demonstration flight, which took place April 1, is the culmination of work between Honeywell’s UOP, Interjet, Airbus, CFM International, the Government of the State of Chiapas and Auxiliary Services (ASA), an arm of Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transport.