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British Airways announced Wednesday that it had flown its first-ever passenger flight to be powered directly by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Remaining emissions for Tuesday’s British Airways Flight 1476 flight from London Heathrow Airport to Glasgow Airport were produced by flight offset, the airline said.
“The airline teamed up with Heathrow, air traffic service provider NATS, fuel giant BP, Glasgow Airport and Airbus to operate the short carbon-neutral flight, which departed Heathrow at 10:36 on Tuesday [September 14,] 2021 and arrived in Glasgow at 11:28 local time,” British Airways said.
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The aircraft’s special livery was painted in partnership with Airbus.
The first carbon-neutral flight replicated a journey to Edinburgh made 11 years ago and British Airways noted that in 2010 “neither offsetting nor sustainable aviation fuel were available to reduce the flight’s impact on the environment.”
In addition, the previous flight was operated on an older aircraft carrying fewer passengers.
This year’s “Perfect Flight” was flown to show “how far the aviation industry has progressed in its efforts to decarbonize over the last decade,” according to British Airways.
The new flight included lighter seats, catering trollies, and replaced flight manuals and in-flight magazines with all-digital downloads, in an effort to reduce the weight of the aircraft.
An Airbus A320neo – which the company says burns 20% less fuel, 20% less carbon dioxide and is 50% quieter compared to its predecessor from 2010 – was used for the flight.
The sustainable aviation fuel, provided by BP, was blended at 35% with traditional jet fuel.
BP’s SAF is comprised of sustainable feedstocks like recycled cooking oil and household waste and produces up to 80% fewer lifecycle carbon emissions than traditional jet fuel.
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