Virgin Flies Green to Reduce Carbon Footprint
A lot of the talk in travel circles at the moment is about reducing carbon emissions and this is particularly true when you consider flying. The recent trend of donating some money to offset your own carbon emissions when you travel somewhere demonstrates that plenty of travelers are aware of the environmental damages arising from flights and want to do something about it.
So the newly-announced attempt by Virgin Atlantic to fly a plane using a bio-diesel fuel should make plenty of us happy. During February, Virgin is going to fly one of their 747 aircraft from London to Amsterdam using a biofuel that they describe as being “truly sustainable” (without telling us quite what it is). The test flight will take place without any passengers and will contribute to Virgin’s research program into finding ways to minimize the carbon footprint of the airline.
Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin, seems to be leading the way amongst airlines in the area of environmental responsibility. Green travel is a focus for the company and all of the profits from its transportation companies are being used to attempt to develop clean energy. As well as being a “good thing” for the future, it probably helps boost the company’s image, but at least it’s all for a good cause.
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