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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Alaska Air starts test of biofuel-powered flights

Ibrahim Tohow refuels an Alaska Airlines 737 with regular jet fuel. Alaska is launching a trial of biofuel-powered flights Wednesday. It paid $476,000 for 28,000 gallons of biofuel to power 75 flights over the next 11 days.