Bio jet fuel has potential to reduce cost of operations by 15%: SpiceJet

NEW DELHI: In a move that will go a long way in keeping the cost of operating airline under control in the country, SpiceJet today successfully conducted first-ever bio fuel bio jet fuel flight.
The flight was operated by a Bombardier Q400 flight that flew between Dehradun and Delhi on Monday morning.

Post the flight, SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh said that bio fuel flights have the potential to reduce cost drastically.

“As you know that cost of oil is a substantial cost of total operations of airlines. This has the potential to reduce cost of operations by about 15-20%,” Singh told reporters.

For the first flight, SpiceJet has used a blend of 75% of aviation turbine fuel and 25% of bio jet fuel.

The airline also said that this has the potential of reducing carbon footprint by 15%.

The government has, however, not yet announced a date to commercial sale of bio fuels for airplanes.

“We will start work on bringing out a detailed policy on bio fuels soon,” said road transport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari.