Virgin Atlantic will fly the first trans-Atlantic flight with net zero carbon emission next year by using sustainable fuel made from used cooking oil and fat, the company announced Friday.
The flight, which will go from London to New York in a Boeing 787 aircraft, will be subsidized by the British government, hoping to model a way for other planes to switch from carbon-emitting jet fuel to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
“The use of 100% SAF on the flight, combined with carbon removal through biochar credits — a material that traps and stores carbon taken from the atmosphere — will make the flight net zero,” Virgin Atlantic explained in its announcement.