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Boeing joined Virgin Atlantic Airways, along with eight other commercial airlines to establish the Sustainable Aviation Fuel User Group. The group is committed to accelerating the development of sustainable biofuels for use in the commercial airline industry. 

Boeing has just shown off the world's first hydrogen fuel cell hybrid electric manned airplane to fly, a zero emissions vehicle, which climbed to 3,300-feet and cruised at 62 mph.

Virgin Atlantic announced today that they will run their first bio-diesel flight in February by flying a Boeing 747 from London to Amsterdam.The flight, which will have no passengers on board, will be used for research into the viability of using bio-fuels across their fleet, and although no details have yet been given,Virgin state that the bio-diesel used is not competing with food stocks.

Boeing and Virgin Atlantic announce a new partnership for more environmentally-friendly and reduced carbon air transit, including Virgin’s purchase of the more fuel-efficient Boeing 787 Dreamliner and future use of alternative fuels.

Most of us have been on at least one flight in our lives, boarding a massive jumbo jet that burns thousands of gallons of fuel to soar through the sky. What you might not know, is how quickly those jets, the companies who build them, and the companies who fly them, are changing industry standards to become more and more sustainable.