DLR signs cooperation agreement to investigate alternative fuel
types for use in aviation 13 October 2009 The Airbus A340-600
from Qatar Airways The first scheduled commercial flight to use
synthetic fuel No dependency on oil: this is the objective of
the five research partners who, on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 in
Doha, Qatar, signed a cooperation agreement to investigate
alternative fuels for use in aviation. Together with the energy
company Shell, the technology centre Qatar Science & Technology
Park (QSTP), Texas A&M University at Qatar and the engine
manufacturer Rolls Royce plc, the German Aerospace Center
(Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will study the
use of synthetic fuels that are based on natural gas in a three-
year research project. The first scheduled commercial flight of
an Airbus A340-600 from Qatar Airways using GtL (Gas to Liquid)
fuel, a high-performance synthetic fuel that is based on natural
gas, took off from London Gatwick at 10:15 on 12 October, bound
for Qatar. This marke