LAN makes first flight in Colombia using biofuel

LAN Colombia made its first commercial flight in this South American nation in an Airbus 320-214 on August 21 using biofuel made from a flowering plant called camelina.The round-tripfrom Bogota to Cali, carrying 174 passengers, went off smoothly, using a mixture of 30 percent biofuel and 70 percentof the Jet A1 fuel normally used in LAN’s aircraft.