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By Allison Lampert

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

Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel kinds of air travel fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from used cooking oil to the noticeably less attractive meat waste.

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

Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions could make business jets more appealing to environmentally mindful purchasers - specifically corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.

The schedule of less polluting private jets might also spare the abundant and famous the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a current private jet journey to southern France.

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

The most recent waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based biofuel producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.

"All of our item is inedible."

A few of the other 79 airplane on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends expected to be pumped at the show.

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions internationally, however can release, typically, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.

Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his occasional use of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has said that on the uncommon celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.

But planemakers say events such as the furore over his schedule have actually added fresh challenges for an industry currently striving to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.

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

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

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

Environmentalists and some analysts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, normally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public perceptions about luxury travel.

"No quantity of jatropha curcas or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," said aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.

Demand from organization jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow stated.

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

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

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

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