Virgin Atlantic za ta yi amfani da 747 akan man biofuel a watan Fabrairu

(eTN) - Virgin Atlantic, daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama na duniya, a yau ta ce za ta yi jigilar daya daga cikin Boeing 747s a kan biofuel yayin wani tashin hankali a watan Fabrairu. Wannan dai shi ne karon farko da wani jirgin sama na kasuwanci ya yi amfani da man fetur na biofuel a cikin jirgin kuma wani bangare ne na wani babban shiri tsakanin wasu kamfanonin jiragen sama da Boeing na gano hanyoyin samar da iskar gas mai dorewa a nan gaba.

Jirgin ruwan Virgin Atlantic 747 zai tashi daga London Heathrow zuwa Amsterdam a kan wani jirgin zanga-zanga, ba tare da fasinjoji a cikin jirgin ba, ta hanyar amfani da nau'in man fetur mai ɗorewa na gaske wanda baya gasa da abinci da albarkatun ruwa. Jirgin, tare da haɗin gwiwar Boeing da mai kera injina GE Aviation, wani bangare ne na yunkurin Virgin Atlantic don rage tasirin muhalli a duk inda zai yiwu. Nunawar ta zama wani ɓangare na hangen nesa na Virgin Atlantic don abin da masana'antar jiragen sama za ta iya cimma ta hanyar amfani da fasaha mai tsabta mai tsabta don rage fitar da carbon.

Richard Branson, shugaban kungiyar ta Virgin Atlantic, ya ce: “Wannan nasarar za ta taimaka wa Virgin Atlantic ta yi amfani da man fetur mai tsafta da wuri fiye da yadda ake tsammani. Jirgin zanga-zanga a wata mai zuwa zai ba mu ilimi mai mahimmanci wanda za mu iya amfani da shi don rage sawun carbon ɗin mu sosai. Kamfanin Virgin Group ya yi alkawarin saka hannun jarin duk ribar da yake samu daga kamfanonin sufuri don bunkasa makamashi mai tsafta kuma tare da wannan ci gaban muna kan hanyar cimma burinmu."

Virgin Atlantic ya zama kamfanin jirgin sama na farko a duniya da ya baiwa abokan ciniki damar siyan abubuwan da ake amfani da su na carbon a cikin jirgin yayin da suke tafiya. Shirinsa na kashe kuɗi, wanda aka ƙaddamar a watan Nuwamban da ya gabata, wani tsari ne na ma'auni na zinari, wanda kuma yana samuwa don siye akan layi.

Virgin Atlantic kuma ta sanya oda mafi girma na Turai don Boeing 787 Dreamliners a bara, lokacin da ya ba da umarnin 15 787-9s, tare da zaɓuɓɓuka da haƙƙin siyan kan wani jirgin sama 28. Dreamliner 787 ya kai kashi 60 cikin 30 mafi shuru kuma yana amfani da kusan kashi 340 cikin 300 kasa da man fetur fiye da Airbus AXNUMX-XNUMX wanda zai maye gurbinsa a cikin jiragen ruwa na Virgin Atlantic.