Transport Secretary Targets ‘Jet Zero’ as he Heads for New York on Sustainable Fuel Flight

The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, describes the first transatlantic flight using sustainable aviation fuel—which took place on Tuesday—as ’very exciting.’

Virgin Atlantic flies world’s first 100 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel flight from London Heathrow to New York JFK Virgin Atlantic/PA

Transport Secretary Mark Harper is on board the first transatlantic flight using sustainable aviation fuel (Saf), having described it as being a “step” toward guilt-free flying.

Virgin Atlantic became the first airline to use Saf to fuel a passenger plane as one of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners took off from London’s Heathrow Airport at 11:45 a.m. headed to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.