{"id":165091,"date":"2024-05-08T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=165091"},"modified":"2024-05-08T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:51:22","slug":"virgin-atlantics-100-saf-transatlantic-flight-saved-95-tonnes-of-co2-and-demonstrated-benefits-of-sustainable-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2024\/05\/virgin-atlantics-100-saf-transatlantic-flight-saved-95-tonnes-of-co2-and-demonstrated-benefits-of-sustainable-fuel.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Atlantic’s 100% SAF transatlantic flight saved 95 tonnes of CO2 and demonstrated benefits of Sustainable Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Virgin Atlantic <\/strong>has shared headline results from Flight100, the first transatlantic flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), proving not only that the SAF used for the flight is safe to use with existing infrastructure and delivers material reductions in CO2, but can also improve local air quality, contribute to a reduction on persistent contrail formation and reduce fuel use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight100, which flew from London Heathrow to New York JFK on 28 November 2023, was the world\u2019s first commercial aircraft operating across the Atlantic on 100% SAF, on a Boeing 787, using Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. The flight did not require any engine, airframe or fuel infrastructure changes and operated on safety standards equivalent to every other commercial flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flight followed more than a year of radical collaboration by a Virgin Atlantic led consortium including Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Imperial College London, University of Sheffield, ICF and Rocky Mountain Institute, was part funded by Department for Transport and approved by the UK\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and other regulators including the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consortium published headline results from the flight including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n