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By Allison Lampert

LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring buyers with their smooth silhouettes, plush cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.

Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display unique types of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.

Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on air travel and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.

Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make company jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.

The availability of less jets might likewise spare the abundant and well-known the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent personal jet journey to southern France.

Five Gulfstream jets on display 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 industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based biofuel manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.

"All of our item is inedible."

A few of the other 79 aircraft on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the program.

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, however can produce, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.

Prince Harry has actually protected his periodic usage of private jets to ensure his household's security, and has said that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.

But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his itinerary have added fresh challenges for an industry currently making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.

"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has actually delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.

Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.

But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.

Environmentalists and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public understandings about high-end travel.

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

Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.

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

Corporate charter business and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from customers who wish to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.

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

"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think people are ending up being more aware of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)