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By Allison Lampert

LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are tempting buyers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.

Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel types of air travel fuel deemed less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.

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

Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more attractive to environmentally conscious buyers - especially corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.

The schedule of less contaminating personal jets could likewise spare the abundant and famous the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a current personal jet journey to southern France.

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

The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based biofuel manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.

"All of our product is inedible."

Some of the other 79 airplane on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the program.

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions internationally, but can produce, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.

Prince Harry has actually protected his occasional usage of personal jets to ensure his family's security, and has actually said that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.

But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his itinerary have included fresh difficulties for an industry currently aiming to justify its contribution to cutting business costs.

"Incidents of flight shaming involving the use of personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has delivered fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.

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

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

Environmentalists and some experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable impact on public understandings about luxury travel.

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

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

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

Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from consumers who wish to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.

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

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