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Virgin Atlantic set to fly jumbo jet powered by biofuel

Posted on Saturday February 23rd, 2008 at 23:07 in aviation

This morning Virgin Atlantic and its suppliers Boeing and GE will stage a test flight of the world's first commercial biofuel plane.One of the airline's top pilots, Captain Geoff Andreason, Virgin Atl...
Boeing explores using biofuel to power jets

Posted on Sunday February 17th, 2008 at 21:51 in aviation

Boeing Co. said its planes may fly on a mix of biofuel and jet kerosene within five years.The company has been examining the use of alternative fuels for two years, environment director Billy Glover s...
Virgin Atlantic To Fly Biofuel-Powered 747 In February

Posted on Monday January 14th, 2008 at 15:34 in aviation

Virgin Atlantic has given itself the green light to go green, a lot earlier than planned. On Monday, the British airline announced it plans to operate the world's first commercial jet flight powered b...
Boeing imagines future network of decentralised biofuel producers

Posted on Saturday December 29th, 2007 at 15:45 in aviation, biodiesel

Increasing air traffic is the ultimate symbol of the world's rapid globalisation. Large jets take thousands of people to the other side of the planet in a matter of hours, fill up their tanks at the a...