E holo ʻo Virgin Atlantic i 747 ma ka biofuel i Pepeluali

(eTN) - ʻO Virgin Atlantic, kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele lōʻihi loa o ka honua, i kēia lā i ʻōlelo ai e lele ʻo ia i kekahi o kāna Boeing 747s ma ka biofuel i ka wā o kahi lele hōʻikeʻike i Pepeluali. ʻO ia ka manawa mua e holo ai kahi mokulele kalepa i ka biofuel i ka lele ʻana a he ʻāpana ia o ka hana nui ma waena o kekahi mau mokulele a me Boeing e ʻike i nā kumu o ka wahie mokulele hoʻomau no ka wā e hiki mai ana.

E lele ana ka Virgin Atlantic 747 mai London Heathrow a i Amsterdam ma kahi lele hōʻikeʻike, me ka ʻole o nā mea kaʻa ma luna o ka moku, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻano biofuel hoʻomau ʻaʻole e hoʻokūkū me nā meaʻai a me nā kumuwaiwai wai hou. ʻO ka lele, i hui pū me Boeing a me ka mea hana ʻenekini GE Aviation, he ʻāpana ia o ka huakaʻi a Virgin Atlantic e hōʻemi i kona hopena kaiapuni inā hiki. ʻO ka hōʻikeʻike he ʻāpana o ka ʻike ʻo Virgin Atlantic no ka mea e hiki ai i ka ʻoihana mokulele ke hoʻokō me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana wahie maʻemaʻe e hōʻemi i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richard Branson, ka pelekikena o Virgin Atlantic: "E kōkua kēia holomua i ka Virgin Atlantic e lele i kāna mau mokulele me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie maʻemaʻe ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻO ka lele hōʻikeʻike i ka mahina aʻe e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka ʻike koʻikoʻi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohana e hōʻemi nui i kā mākou kapuaʻi kalapona. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Virgin Group e hoʻolilo i kāna mau waiwai āpau mai kāna mau ʻoihana kaʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ikehu maʻemaʻe a me kēia holomua ʻana mākou i lalo i ke ala e hoʻokō ai i kā mākou mau pahuhopu.

Ua lilo ʻo Virgin Atlantic i mokulele mokulele mua loa o ka honua e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai ke kūʻai aku i kā lākou carbon offsets ma luna o ka mokulele i ka wā lele. ʻO kāna polokalamu offset, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka mahina ʻo Nowemapa i hala, he kumu hoʻolālā gula, hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma ka pūnaewele.

Ua hoʻonoho pū ʻo Virgin Atlantic i ka kauoha nui loa o ʻEulopa no Boeing 787 Dreamliners i ka makahiki i hala, i ka wā i kauoha ai ʻo ia i 15 787-9s, me nā koho a kūʻai aku i nā kuleana ma kekahi mokulele 28. ʻO ka 787 Dreamliner a hiki i ka 60 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka mālie a hoʻohana ma kahi o 30 pākēneka ka liʻiliʻi o ka wahie ma mua o ka Airbus A340-300 e pani ai i nā ʻauwaʻa ʻo Virgin Atlantic.