Kuta, Bali (Antara Bali) - The Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will use environmentally friendly fuel by 2020 as one of its contributions to lowering exhaust emissions.
"The aircraft technology generally still uses aviation turbine fuel (avtur). We are trying to find alternative non-fossil fuels or biofuels," Operational Director of Garuda Indonesia Novianto Herupratomo stated here on Wednesday.
During the early stages of using bio-aviation fuel, the company plans to utilize three percent for Garuda`s entire aircraft fleet.
According to Herupratomo, Garuda seeks to implement several steps to realize the plan, one of which is to improve the performance of its aircraft fleet through more efficient operational management.
"Periodically, we conduct upgrades, hoping that the engine technology will also improve. Better the technology being used, more efficient will be the fuel consumption," Herupratomo pointed out.
He noted that upgrading the fleet will reduce fuel consumption by at least 10 percent.
The other operational measures are improving fuel efficiency and intensifying cooperation with the relevant agencies to use bio-aviation fuel.
By 2020, Garuda Indonesia will have 60 aircraft of various types. He pointed out that every year, Garuda consumes 1.7 billion liters of fuel.
"The use of only one percent of aviation fuel will produce 170 thousand liters of exhaust gases. This is from Garuda Indonesia alone and does not include the other aircraft operating throughout the world," Herupratomo added. (WDY)
