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British Airways looks to recycled cooking oil fuel to cut jet emissions

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

BA has committed to power 10% of its flights with SAFs by 2030, and has forged partnerships with US fuel suppliers as well as invested in a future waste-to-fuel plant to be constructed in the north-east of England.


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