InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – PT. Garuda Indonesia, Indonesian airlines got new history in aviation industry by finishing series of bio – aviation turbine (bio-avtur) test in vegetable oil – base including in classifying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Bio-avtur has substance from palm kernel oil (J2.4) and successfully tested in commercial aviation of Garuda Indonesia B737-800NG PK-GFX with the machine CFM56-7B.
The trial covered some series, such as engine ground run test and successful flight test which was running in Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Pelabuhan Ratu Airspace area on Wednesday (4/10). Prior in the same day, bio-avtur test, J2.4 got its engine ground run test procedure in Garuda Maintenance Facility (GMF) AeroAsia.
Research team of PT Lembaga Afiliasi Penelitian dan Industri, Institut Teknologi Bandung (PT LAPI ITB) and related instances, successfully told the positive result that SAF with bio-avtur J2.4 in Boeing 737-800 showed good control response in the machine. The success would be the way for PT Garuda Indonesia to follow up SAF use in its commercial aviation.
Director of PT Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra said that the successful test is part of the company’s commitment to support decarbonization initiative. “This is the milestone that we have been waiting for. This, of course, would be optimism for us together to realize our big dream to realize green ecosystem in aviation world in Indonesia to realize net zero emission that the project would be realized in 2060,” Irfan said, as in the official statement on Tuesday (10/10/2023).
PT Garuda Indonesia and PT Pertamina planned to follow up the synergy to the next level by using SAF in commercial aviation widely. “By the result, PT Garuda Indonesia is ready to use SAF in commercial aviation,” he said.
The success is the collaboration among Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, Ministry of Transportation, Oi and Gas Institute, Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency, ITB researcher team, Indonesian Biofuel Producer Association, and others. (T2)
