Virgin Atlantic pushes eco-friendly stance on fuel
The airline company announced a new partnership and its plans to pioneer a low-carbon fuel. Here’s how consumers might benefit—and a statement from the brand’s top dog.
Virgin Atlantic is looking into the potential of making air travel significantly less detrimental to the environment.
Virgin and LanzaTech announced that they had produced an initial 1,500-gallons of Lanzanol (a low carbon jet fuel) in China, and the companies said that flight trials could start as early as next year.
In a statement , Virgin founder Richard Branson called the achievement:
[It’s] a real game changer for aviation and could significantly reduce the industry’s reliance on oil within our lifetime. Virgin Atlantic was the first commercial airline to test a bio-fuel flight and continues to be a leader in sustainable aviation.
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