Avianca Brasil taps Byogy to source low carbon aviation fuels
In California, Avianca Brasil has selected the Byogy Renewables Alcohol to Jet aviation biofuel process to source their environment friendly alternate low carbon aviation fuels in the future.
Avianca has selected its Airbus A319, powered by CFMI (a partnership between General Electric and SNECMA of France) CFM56 engines, as the fleet member to be used with Byogy for advanced testing and data acquisition which will support the ATJ specification adoption process which is well under way with the global ASTM governing organization.
Byogy has developed a breakthrough catalytic platform that converts any source of hydrous ethanol, or butanol, into full replacement, drop-in, and cost competitive biofuels including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. The fastest growing airline in Brazil, Avianca now operates one of the newest, most modern aircraft fleets in Latin America.
“The road to achieve certification of an alternative aviation fuel and reach commercial scale volume production is challenging and long. Avianca is the right partner for long journeys”, said Kevin Weiss, President and CEO of Byogy.
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