Qantas plans bio-fuel flight

Click to play video Return to video Video feedback Use this form to: Ask for technichal assistance in playing the multimedia available on this site, or Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Return to video Video feedback Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play Play now More video Recommended Click to play video The week ahead with Michael Pascoe Click to play video Cocaine seized in Queensland raid Click to play video Reporters look inside Fukushima nuclear plant Click to play video Obama visit sparks huge security operation Replay video Return to video Video settings What type of connection do you have? Return to video Video settings Your video format settings have been saved. Qantas workers march on terminal Qantas workers and their families march on Brisbane airport protesting against plans to move Australian jobs offshore: RAW VISION. Video feedback Video settings Qantas will run Australia's first commercial flight powered by sustainable fuel, CEO Alan Joyce has told an aviation conference in Brisbane today. "In early 2012, Qantas plans to operate a commercial flight powered by sustainable fuel," Mr Joyce said. "This is by no means the first bio-fuel flight, but it will be first flight of its kind in Australia." Advertisement: Story continues below Qantas is looking to a more environmentally friendly future. This year, Qantas signed agreements with two leading manufacturers of sustainable aircraft fuel. Solazyme is working with algae-based aviation fuels and Solena is experimenting with water-based fuels. "We want the flight to be an inspiration, a preview of a sustainable future for Australian aviation," Mr Joyce said. "This country certainly has the human capital, the finance and the resources to be a global leader in bringing new kinds of aviation fuel to market." In his keynote address to the Australian Airports Association Conference in Brisbane this morning, Mr Joyce said Qantas was improving fuel efficiency by 1.5 per cent each year. "Through a strategy that includes Rosetta Stone Language fleet renewal, new technology, fuel optimisation, and reducing resources," he said. "While these initiatives can achieve significant improvements, only the production of sustainable aviation fuel on a commercial basis can deliver a generational step in emissions reduction." In July this year, Virgin boss Richard Branson also told conference delegates in Brisbane that Virgin was exploring the use of eucalyptus oil from gum trees as an aviation fuel. Virgin's plans to have an Australian-based testing facility in place in 2013 and a "commercial" scale production facility in place by 2014. Mr Joyce's visit today to Brisbane coincided with a protest at the city's airport by Qantas workers concerned about airline's push to use contract workers. Australia's top labour tribunal, Fair Work Australia, has ordered the airline to reach an agreement with unions representing its long-haul pilots, licensed aircraft engineers, baggage handlers and catering staff. Following months of negotiations and employee industrial action, the labour dispute climaxed on October 29, when Qantas announced it would lock out workers and ground its fleet. The federal government called on Fair Work Australia to step in, which terminated workers' industrial action. The federal government supported the decision. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association last week launched a challenge in the Federal Court against the ban, but Mr Joyce is confident they won't win. "I'm not losing any sleep," he said. "I think the government have made themselves very clear that the pilot action, they don't believe, is going to get through. "The government believes that their case is robust, that the pilots' action isn't going to make any difference."

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