Virgin Atlantic Gets UK Go-Ahead For 100% SAF Transatlantic Flight

Victoria Moores November 06, 2023
Virgin Atlantic 787-9

Virgin Atlantic 787-9

Credit: Rob Finlayson
LONDON—The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given the green light for Virgin Atlantic to perform a transatlantic flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which is planned for Nov. 28. “Getting to this point has been more than a year in the making and taken radical collaboration...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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