Air New Zealand carried out the first commercial flight using jatropha oil for fuel; the airline's 747-400 had one engine burning a mix of 50% jatropha oil and 50% jet fuel for two hours during the flight while engineers collected data.
Air New Zealand proveo je prvi komercijalni let korištenjem ulja jatrophe kao gorivom, 747-400 u jednom je motoru koristio mješavinu 50% ulja jatrophe i 50% mlaznog goriva tijekom dvosatnog leta, namjenjenog prikupljanu podataka.