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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie and Neil Lancefield

Virgin Atlantic: First ever transatlantic flight fuelled by cooking oil takes off from Heathrow

The first transatlantic flight by an airliner using pure sustainable aviation fuel (Saf) took off from Heathrow on Tuesday morning.

The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight to New York JFK left the airport shortly after 11.45am.

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