UK’s first biofuel passenger flight to launch tomorrow
Thomson Airways is planning to fly customers from Birmingham to Lanzarote on a mixture of fat and conventional jet fuel on Thursday.
Confirmation of the service, which was due to start last July, will be given once the operator has completed the stringent testing process 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.
Thomson claims sustainable biofuel has the potential to reduce aviation emissions by up to 80% in the long-term.
Thomson Airways managing director Chris Browne said: “Sustainable biofuels offer us the opportunity to improve our own individual environmental performance as well as contributing to the UK’s carbon reduction target.“
The airline plans to expand its use of sustainable biofuels across its fleet over the next three years.


By Valere Tjolle

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