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By Allison Lampert

LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring purchasers with their sleek shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.

Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to showcase unique types of aviation fuel deemed less damaging to the environment, from used cooking oil to the definitely less glamorous meat waste.

Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.

Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make service jets more attractive to environmentally conscious buyers - specifically corporations facing concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.

The availability of less contaminating private jets could also spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan over a current personal jet journey to southern France.

Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.

The current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of Boston-based biofuel producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.

"All of our product is inedible."

Some of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the show.

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, but can produce, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.

Prince Harry has actually defended his periodic use of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has said that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.

But planemakers state events such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh difficulties for a market currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.

"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of private jets are regrettable when you think about that our industry has actually delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.

Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% business jet ownership rate.

But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting airplanes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.

Environmentalists and some analysts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, usually blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable influence on public understandings about luxury travel.

"No amount of Jatropha or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.

Demand from business jet operators for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.

World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of biofuel at its California plant, might expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.

Corporate charter companies and consultants are also seeing more interest from customers who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their .

Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a function in a business jet utilization research study his company recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.

"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe individuals are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)