(eTN) - Intombi yaseAtlantiki, enye yeenqwelomoya ezihamba ixesha elide kwihlabathi, namhlanje ithe iza kubhabha enye yeeBoeing 747s zayo nge-biofuel ngexesha lomboniso wenqwelomoya ngoFebruwari. Iya kuba sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba inqwelomoya yorhwebo iqhube i-biofuel in-flight kwaye iyinxalenye yenyathelo eliphambili phakathi kwezinye iinqwelomoya kunye neBoeing ukufumanisa imithombo yamafutha eenqwelomoya azinzileyo kwixesha elizayo.
I-Virgin Atlantic 747 iya kubhabha isuka eLondon Heathrow isiya eAmsterdam ngenqwelomoya yokubonisa, kungekho bakhweli kwibhodi, isebenzisa uhlobo oluzinzileyo lwe-biofuel olungakhuphisani nokutya kunye nemithombo yamanzi amatsha. I-flight, ngokubambisana ne-Boeing kunye nomenzi we-injini i-GE Aviation, yinxalenye ye-Virgin Atlantic drive yokunciphisa impembelelo yayo yokusingqongileyo naphi na apho kunokwenzeka. Lo mboniso uyinxalenye yombono we-Virgin Atlantic wento enokwenziwa lishishini lokubhabha ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji yamafutha acocekileyo ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.
URichard Branson, umongameli weVirgin Atlantic, wathi: “Olu tshintsho luya kunceda iVirgin Atlantic ikwazi ukubhabhisa iinqwelo-moya zayo isebenzisa amafutha acocekileyo ngokukhawuleza kunokuba bekulindelwe. Umboniso wenqwelomoya kwinyanga ezayo uya kusinika ulwazi olubalulekileyo esinokulusebenzisa ukunciphisa kakhulu unyawo lwethu lwekhabhoni. Iqela leVirgin lithembise ukutyala yonke inzuzo yalo kwiinkampani zothutho ekuphuhliseni amandla acocekileyo kwaye ngale mpumelelo siphantsi kwendlela yokuphumeza iinjongo zethu. "
I-Virgin Atlantic yaba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yehlabathi ukuvumela abathengi ukuba bathenge i-carbon offsets kwinqwelomoya ngexesha lokuhamba. Inkqubo yayo ye-offset, eyasungulwa ngoNovemba ophelileyo, yinkqubo yegolide esemgangathweni, ekwafumaneka ukuyithenga kwi-intanethi.
I-Virgin Atlantic nayo yabeka i-odolo enkulu yaseYurophu ye-Boeing 787 Dreamliners kunyaka ophelileyo, xa iyala i-15 787-9s, kunye namalungelo okhetho kunye namalungelo okuthenga kwenye i-28 indiza. I-787 Dreamliner ifikelela kuma-60 eepesenti ithule kwaye isebenzisa i-petroli engaphantsi kwama-30 ekhulwini kune-Airbus A340-300 iya kuthatha indawo yeenqwelo ze-Virgin Atlantic.
