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Thomson Airways will become first airline to fly UK customers with biofuel on Thursday

Following July’s cancelled flight Thomson is to try again on Thursday by jetting customers off from Birmingham to Lanzarote on Thursday next

The airline will operate the UK’s first sustainable biofuel flight from Birmingham to Lanzarote on 6 October 2011, once its stringent testing process has been completed and final safety clearance has been received.

The sustainable cocktail of fuel will see one engine topped up with 50% Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids and 50% jet A1 fuel.

Says Thomson, sustainable biofuel has the potential to reduce aviation emissions by up to 80% in the long-term.

Today’s announcement reiterates Thomson Airways’ commitment to sustainable aviation. The airline already operates one of the highest load factors in the UK industry and therefore makes the most efficient use of its fleet and of the airport slots made available to it. 

The airline also operates with an emission rate of 75g CO2 per passenger kilometre flown, significantly lower than average emission rates for both low cost and full service scheduled carriers.

Chris Browne, Thomson Airways Managing Director, says: “Sustainable biofuels offer us the opportunity to improve our own individual environmental performance as well as contributing to the UK’s carbon reduction target. “

Thomson Airways plans to expand its use of sustainable biofuels across its fleet over the next three years.

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