Thomson Airways will become Britain’s first airline to fly customers on biofuel - in this case cooking oil - when it operates a service to Spain on July 28.
The airline said it planned to operate the flight from Birmingham to Palma, once final safety clearance was received.
According to The Daily Mail, flights will operate on a 50/50 blend of Jet A1 fuel and hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) fuel - made from used cooking oil.
The airline plans to operate weekly flights to Spain using biofuel from September, on the same route initially and switching to Birmingham-Alicante during the winter schedule.
“As sustainable biofuels become more commercially viable, Thomson Airways plans to expand its use of sustainable biofuels across its fleet over the next three years,” Thomson Airways Managing Director Chris Browne said.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Dutch airline KLM had operated the world’s first scheduled biokerosene-powered flight after one of its Boeing 737-800 jets flew 171 passengers between Amsterdam and Paris, using the same cooking oil-Jet-A mix that Thomson plans to use.
