Agrisoma, United Airlines and World Energy Partner on First Transatlantic Biojet Flight

Agrisoma Biosciences, a Canadian agri-tech company that sells Carinata seeds used to produce aviation biojet fuel, has partnered with United Airlines and World Energy for Agrisoma's second international commercial flight powered by biojet fuel made from Carinata seed oil.

The nonstop San Francisco-to-Zurich flight on a Boeing 787 is scheduled to depart from San Francisco International Airport on 14 September at 14:10, and arrive at Zurich Airport (aka Kloten Airport) on 15 September at 10:10.

Carinata Biojet fuel is made by harvesting tons of Carinata crop, crushing the grain to recover the oil and refining that oil into jet fuel.

The biojet fuel made from Carinata and refined by World Energy's Paramount facility replaces 30 percent of the petroleum jet fuel needed for the flight.

"This flight is another milestone for the aviation industry's move toward low-carbon fuels," said Steve Fabijanski, founder, CEO and president of Agrisoma. "At 11 hours, it is the longest transatlantic biojet flight undertaken to date, and, with the fuel-efficient Boeing 787, represents the lowest carbon footprint commercial flight across the Atlantic. It is our second international biojet flight powered by Carinata, but there are more to come."

Earlier this year, Agrisoma, Australia's Qantas Airways and World Energy partnered on a transpacific flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne that used biojet fuel produced from Carinata.

Agrisoma has commercial agreements across the global aviation industry to supply Carinata for a low-carbon fuel that is chemically identical to conventional, petroleum-derived jet fuel. Agrisoma has Carinata growers in place throughout the Americas and Australia, where Carinata is grown as a second crop to complement existing crop production, delivering additional on-farm income and soil health benefits.

Production of biofuel from Carinata seeds yields both biofuel and, as a byproduct, high-protein animal feed. Stems and leaves from the crop are returned to the field to enrich the soil for subsequent crops.

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