Thursday 4 October 2018

Tonight a Virgin Atlantic 747 will fly on fuel made from industrial waste gas

Tonight a Virgin Atlantic 747 will fly on fuel made from industrial waste gas

A little after 7pm ET tonight, a Virgin Atlantic 747 will take off from Orlando, Florida, bound for London's Gatwick airport. This flight will be the first to use a blend of jet fuel and fuel made from industrial waste gas from a steel mill in China. This waste-gas fuel will displace some of the petroleum-based jet fuel that usually fills up a commercial jet's tanks.

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