Porter Airlines to Conduct Canada's First Biofuel-Powered Revenue Flight
march 23, 2012 - Bombardier
Porter Airlines to Conduct Canada's First Biofuel-Powered Revenue Flight
• Flight to be scheduled just before Earth day with a Bombardier Q400 turboprop
• Preparatory test flight successfully flown by Bombardier in February 2012
In mid-April, Porter Airlines plans to use one of its Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners to conduct
the first biofuel-powered revenue flight in Canada. On February 9, 2012, in preparation for Porter’s
upcoming flight, a Bombardier Q400 turboprop test aircraft became the first aircraft in Canada to
fly on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D7566 bio-derived jet fuel, which
was recently certified...