Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. “Virgin Atlantic flies world’s first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel flight from London Heathrow to New York JFK.” PR Newswire, 28 Nov. 2023, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virgin-atlantic-flies-worlds-first-100-sustainable-aviation-fuel-flight-from-london-heathrow-to-new-york-jfk-301998557.html Accessed 27 Jan. 2024.
Virgin Atlantic recently completed a commercial flight using entirely sustainable aviation fuel. The plane flew from London Heathrow to New York JFK. This flight covered a distance of 3,442 miles. The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines used are some of the biggest on a commercial aircraft. This was possible thanks to a collaboration between Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Imperial College London, University of Sheffield, ICF, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the UK Department for Transport.
It’s encouraging to see so many organizations working together to try solutions to commercial aviation emissions. A big aircraft company like Boeing should have other airlines try using entirely sustainable fuel on one of their flights. This example flight helped to show that it is possible to run an airplane entirely on sustainable jet fuel. I think that Airbus should follow Boeing’s example as well. There should also be more infrastructure developed for making sustainable aviation fuels.
This is a really heartwarming story, it’s nice to see that such a thing is possible. Do you have any more information on how the fuel is made, and how it works?
Interesting story, what did the airlines use for sustainable fuel? It is important to protect the environment, so we need to strive to make our transport produce less emissions. Is there any more plans to use/mass produce this fuel in the future?
This was very interesting, it’s alarming how much Carbon airplanes usually emit so a suistainable solution to that would be incredible. Is there anymore information or testing that’s been done to see if this is a long term alternative option for us?