Biofuel Planes May Fly 10 Crore Passengers by 2030

(The Hindu) India has committed to fly 10 crore passengers on biofuel-propelled planes by 2030, SpiceJet’s chairman and managing director, Ajay Singh said at UN’s SDG Climate Summit in New York.

“While we flew just one flight out of the 1.5 lakh flown on biofuels so far, we have committed that by 2030, India will fly 100 million of its passengers, the same number of total passengers we flew in 2015, using safe fuels,” he said.

He emphasised on the need for all stakeholders, including refineries, passengers, airports and governments, to work together to turn India's commitment into reality. He said there was a need to not only find new ways to burn less fossil fuels, but also to find an alternative to fuel-guzzling planes by pursuing the development of electric aircraft for flying needs of the future. READ MORE