Boeing, Japanese aviation industry unveil biofuel ‘roadmap’ to 2020 Olympics

Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, when millions of people are expected to visit Japan. The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels (INAF) – a consortium of 46 organizations including Boeing, ANA (All Nippon Airways), Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Japan’s government and the University of Tokyo – laid out a five-year “roadmap” to develop biofuel by 2020 as a way to reduce aviation’s environmental footprint. Using sustainably produced biofuel reduces lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by 50 to 80 percent