A passenger jet from Hainan Airlines Company Ltd. successfully completed its first ever commercial flight using biofuel made from waste cooking oil.

Hainan Airlines has conducted the flight on Saturday using a Boeing 737 aircraft that took off from Shanghai to Beijing as part of the government's efforts to encourage environmental sustainability.

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According to a report, the Chinese airline used a mixture of 50 percent waste cooking oil, which was collected from restaurants in China, and 50 percent conventional jet fuel to power one of its aircrafts.

U.S.-based multinational aircraft manufacturer firm Boeing said the biofuel was supplied by China National Aviation Fuel Supply Co. Ltd. (CNAF) along with Chinese oil and gas firm China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec).

"We are honored to see our airplane fly on sustainable aviation biofuel from Shanghai to our nation's capital," said Pu Ming, Hainan Airlines' Vice President and the pilot who flew the aircraft.

"We are very pleased to work together with Hainan Airlines, China National Aviation Fuel and Boeing to accomplish this remarkable flight, which is a milestone," said Sinopec.

"For many years, Sinopec has maintained a leadership role in China in terms of the development and application of biomass fuel including aviation biofuel and bio-diesel."

"This fully represents an earnest commitment from Sinopec to continuously advance scientific and technological innovation and promote green and low-emission development." Sinopec added.

It's not the first time an airline has tested biofuel on a commercial flight. In 2012, a plane took off from Ottawa, Canada using biofuel.

Australian and Canadian airlines Qantas and Air Canada have also tested biofuel on commercial flights. Biofuel's commercial use in the aviation industry was approved last July 2011 after a technical review by aviation manufacturers and oil companies.

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