Deal involves R&D, investments in production of fuels derived from plants
that can power aircraft.
Boeing
Co also has aviation biofuels programs with U.S. and other airlines.
Aircraft maker Boeing Co., Etihad Airways, the oil company Total and others
say they will work together on a program to develop an aviation biofuel
industry in the United Arab Emirates.
Boeing says in a news release on Sunday that the program will involve
research and development and investments in production of fuels derived from
plants that can power aircraft.
Etihad is based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The
other participants are Takreer, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.,
and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, located in Abu Dhabi.
Boeing says Etihad ran a 45-minute demonstration flight on Saturday in a
Boeing 777 partially powered by aviation biofuel produced in the UAE.
Boeing also has aviation biofuels programs with U.S. and other airlines.