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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 sleek silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.

Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel forms of aviation fuel considered less hazardous to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the clearly less glamorous meat waste.

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

Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to curb emissions might make service jets more attractive to ecologically conscious buyers - specifically corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.

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

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

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

"All of our item is inedible."

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

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions globally, however can release, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.

Prince Harry has actually defended his periodic use of personal jets to guarantee his household's security, and has actually 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 itinerary have actually added fresh obstacles for a market already striving to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.

"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has actually provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.

Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel use will help the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry data, billionaires only have a 19% ownership rate.

But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.

Environmentalists and some experts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public perceptions about high-end travel.

"No quantity of jatropha curcas or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.

Demand from organization jet operators for renewable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.

World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of biofuel at its California plant, could broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.

Corporate charter companies and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from customers who desire 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 usage study his business just recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.

"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)