EgyptAir’s 1st sustainable flight carries COP27 attendees from Paris Saturday

A hijacked Egypt Air A320 airbus stands on the runway at Larnaca Airport in Larnaca, Cyprus , March 29, 2016. Yiannis Kourtoglou, Reuters

Minister of Civil Aviation’s climate change strategy aims to transform the aviation sector to become eco-friendly

Staff Writer, Arab Finance

November 7, 2022

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A hijacked Egypt Air A320 airbus stands on the runway at Larnaca Airport in Larnaca, Cyprus , March 29, 2016. Yiannis Kourtoglou, Reuters

EgyptAir launched on Saturday the first air flight fueled by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), in collaboration with Neste MY company, transporting a delegation attending COP27, according to an official statement on November 4th.

Minister of Civil Aviation’s climate change strategy aims to transform the aviation sector to become eco-friendly, civil aviation minister Mohammed Abbas said.

The Dreamliner Boeing 787-900 plane transported a delegation attending COP27 from Paris to Sharm El-Sheikh.

It is worth noting that the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) takes place in Sharm El-Sheikh from November 6th to 18th.

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