Aviation

Analysis: sustainable aviation fuel remains a costly gimmick despite Virgin Atlantic stunt

Although today’s Virgin Atlantic flight between London and New York was powered solely on sustainable aviation fuel, the industry still has a long way to go to properly reduce its emissions

The Virgin Atlantic flight from London to New York was the first ever trans-atlantic flight powered solely on sustainable aviation fuel made from crops

In an event that that has been hailed by the aviation sector as a major step forward towards dramatically reducing the emissions of air travel, the first ever transatlantic flight by a commercial airliner completely powered by sustainable fuel took off from London this week.

On Tuesday morning, the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 flight took off from Heathrow Airport and is due to land at JFK Airport in New York.

The Virgin Atlantic-led project, which ...