Ready for take-off? Virgin poised for commercial flight using waste-based biofuel

Madeleine Cuff
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First commercial flight using biofuel from recycling waste carbon gases to demonstrate potential for 'dramatic' carbon cuts, claims Sir Richard Branson

Passengers on Virgin Atlantic's VS16 flight from Orlando to London Gatwick set to arrive in the UK tomorrow morning may not realise there is anything particularly special about their flight. But the...

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