Virgin Atlantic idzayendetsa 747 pa biofuel mu February

(eTN) - Virgin Atlantic, imodzi mwa ndege zotsogola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, lero yati idzawulutsa imodzi mwa ndege zake za Boeing 747 pamafuta amafuta paulendo wowonetsa ndege mu February. Aka kakhala koyamba kuti ndege zamalonda ziziyendetsa biofuel mkati mwa ndege ndipo ndi gawo limodzi mwazinthu zazikulu zamakampani ena a ndege ndi Boeing kuti apeze magwero amafuta okhazikika a ndege zam'tsogolo.

Virgin Atlantic 747 idzawuluka kuchokera ku London Heathrow kupita ku Amsterdam paulendo wowonetsera, popanda anthu okwera, pogwiritsa ntchito mtundu wokhazikika wa biofuel womwe supikisana ndi chakudya ndi madzi abwino. Ndegeyo, molumikizana ndi Boeing ndi wopanga injini GE Aviation, ndi gawo la Virgin Atlantic pofuna kuchepetsa kuwononga chilengedwe kulikonse kumene kuli kotheka. Chiwonetserochi ndi gawo la masomphenya a Virgin Atlantic pa zomwe makampani oyendetsa ndege angakwaniritse pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wamafuta oyera kuti achepetse mpweya wa carbon.

Richard Branson, pulezidenti wa Virgin Atlantic, anati: “Kupambana kumeneku kudzathandiza Virgin Atlantic kuyendetsa ndege zake pogwiritsa ntchito mafuta opanda mafuta msanga kuposa momwe amayembekezera. Ndege yowonetsera mwezi wamawa idzatipatsa chidziwitso chofunikira chomwe tingagwiritse ntchito kuchepetsa kwambiri mpweya wathu wa carbon. Virgin Group idalonjeza kuyika phindu lake lonse kuchokera kumakampani ake oyendetsa mayendedwe kuti apange mphamvu zoyera ndipo ndikuchita izi tili panjira yoti tikwaniritse zolinga zathu. ”

Virgin Atlantic inakhala ndege yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi yolola makasitomala kugula zida zawo za carbon pa ndege panthawi ya ndege. Pulogalamu yake yochotsera, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu Novembala watha, ndi dongosolo la golide, lomwe limapezekanso kugula pa intaneti.

Virgin Atlantic adayikanso dongosolo lalikulu kwambiri ku Europe la Boeing 787 Dreamliners chaka chatha, pomwe adayitanitsa 15 787-9s, ndi zosankha ndi ufulu wogula pa ndege ina 28. 787 Dreamliner imakhala chete mpaka 60 peresenti ndipo imagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochepera 30 peresenti kuposa Airbus A340-300 yomwe idzalowe m'malo mwa zombo za Virgin Atlantic.