For the first time ever, a commercial airliner has flown across the Atlantic on 100% sustainable fuel.
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00:00 British airline Virgin Atlantic has completed the world's first long-haul flight using 100
00:05 percent sustainable jet fuel.
00:07 The flight took off from London and landed in New York carrying the airline's founder
00:11 Richard Branson.
00:13 Carriers are looking to move away from conventional jet fuel to cut carbon emissions.
00:17 But sustainable fuel is expensive and the materials to make it are in short supply.
00:22 Virgin's CEO says he's optimistic.
00:26 The feedstock in this case was just oils coming from either animal fat or cooking oil, used
00:35 cooking oil.
00:36 But that's just the first generation so this is really a pathway to showing how to decarbonize
00:43 long-haul aviation.