Virgin to go green next month

Virgin Atlantic, which had promised that it would be flying one of its jets on biofuels later this year, has announced that it will actually be able to make the first flight with the ‘green’ 747 next month.

The plan is that the aircraft will fly from Heathrow to Amsterdam, without passengers on board, to prove the concept. The fuel to be used is a mixture of biofuel and jet A1. “