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Paris (CNN) -- Some commercial passenger jets will begin flying on biofuels within months, as the airline industry attempts to shed its image as a major source of global pollution.Industry insiders say other companies are sure to follow suit, with approval for the controversial fuels' use on commercial flights expected soon.Dutch airline KLM has announced plans for more than 200 flights between Amsterdam and Paris using 50% bio-kerosene, beginning in September.And this week the European Commission, airlines and fuel producers set a target for the production of two million tonnes of sustainably-produced biofuel for aviation by 2020.But environmental campaigners say boosting the amount of biofuel use risks "major social and environmental impacts."Green campaign group Friends of the Earth has warned that meeting that target each year could require an area of land the size of Belgium to grow crops. [Read the full article] (CNNGo.com) -- The summer holidays are here, a fact that fills parents with both excitement and a certain amount of dread.Many children will be heading off to destinations near and far with their mums and dads who, if they did not take their children on holiday, would probably not know what else to do with them.How do you explain to a little one who is going stir crazy on a long flight that, no, the windows cannot open; throwing a tantrum will not make us get there any quicker; that, yes, you need to be quiet because lots of other people on the flight are asleep; and that, no, we can't call grandma?It does get easier from about the age of six, when the little ones are more able to go to the loo on their own, eat at restaurants, sit (relatively) still on a flight if plied with enough computer games and movies, and generally start to have a little bit of common sense; or enough that you don't feel like smacking them. [Read the full article] (CNNGo.com) -- Malaysia Airlines will ban babies from traveling first class on its Airbus A380 super jumbo jet, according to online reports.The decision comes after the airline banned babies from the first class section of its fleet of Boeing 747-400 jets.The baby ban will be extended to its Airbus A380 jets, Malaysia Airlines CEO Tengku Azmil told Australian Business Traveller on Sunday via Twitter. Requests from CNNGo to Malaysia Airlines for comment went unanswered at time of writing.The airline ordered six A380s and the first is expected to be delivered in June 2012. "We r planning to stick to our policy for now," Azmil told Australian Business Traveller in a Twitter exchange when asked whether the first class section of its A380 planes will have bassinets. (Read the complete exchange here).Some Twitter users questioned why the airline doesn't try other nursing techniques, such as employing sky nannies and distributing baby blankets. [Read the full article] 
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