Everybody is joining the “going green” bandwagon not just on land but even off ground! You see them take off and land, take passengers and cargoes across the world. What you do not know is that even the most seemingly impossible vehicle to operate the green way can too! Take a look at some of the world’s green airlines and aircrafts. So it’s not just through your green auto rust removers that you can save the planet, you can stay green even when booking a flight!
Air New Zealand
This airline used 50% biofuel when it completed its first commercial flight test in December 2008. Air New Zealand fueled its Boeing 747-400 using the blend of standard jet fuel and weed jatropha.
Fasten your seatbelt the green way with Continental Airlines.
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines became the first ever US carrier to fly a biofuel-powered commercial aircraft. The Boeing 737 twin-engine was used for its flight test. Its flight test which carried no passenger was powered by the combination of one-part blend of algae and jatropha and one-part kerosene. Continental Airlines have been replacing most of its aircraft with energy-efficient planes. It even installed winglets to save fuel and to reduce emissions by at least 5 percent.
EasyJet
This European low-cost aircraft installed energy-efficient engines which helped reduce mono-nitrogen oxide emissions by 25 perfect. The new engines also reduced fuel consumption by 1 percent. This means that around 200 tons of CO2 emissions is reduced from the aircraft every year.
Lufthansa
Like many airlines showing high interests to go green and test biofuels, Lufthansa has been planning to have 10 percent of its fuel taken from alternative natural sources. This airline hopes to power its aircraft with energy taken from souces like algae or plants combined with airplane fuel. To date, Lufthansa aims to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent by the year 2020 and to cut nitrogen by eighty percent. Isn’t that amazing?
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic is known to have led the way in alternative energy for aviation. It completed its first flight using a commercial aircraft powered by bio-fuel. The aircraft used a mixture of 20% babassu and coconut oil mixed with
percent conventional jet fuel.
What a better place it would have been if we all hopped from one part of the world to another in eco-friendly aircrafts! Just remember, you too can stay green even without fastening your seatbelts. Organic rust cleaning can go a long way as well.
Now, we can save the planet!
