Qatar Airways to try GTL-Kerosene mix fuel from next year

KOZHIKODE: Qatar Airways will use Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) and kerosene mix as fuel for its aircraft from next year to facilitate lesser carbon emission, a top airline official said today.

`Carbon emission is a serious problem confronting the airlines and the carbon tax being charged by various governments is a subject of debate in several European nations where our airways has vital destinations’, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker told reporters here.


Qatar Airways, the national airline of the state of Qatar, was in the final stages of completing research on utilising the GTL-Kerosene mix, he said.

Noting that preliminary results were quite encouraging, Al Baker said his airline would be using the fuel from next year after securing necessary certification from the government.

Economic Times