(eTN) - Mhandara Atlantic, imwe yendege dzinotakura nendege refu, nhasi yati ichabhururuka imwe yayo Boeing 747s pa biofuel panguva yekuratidzira kubhururuka muna Kukadzi. Inenge iri nguva yekutanga kuti ndege yekutengesa inomhanyisa biofuel mukubhururuka uye iri chikamu chehurongwa hukuru pakati pemamwe maairlines neBoeing kutsvaga masosi einogarika mafuta epasi remangwana.
Mhandara Atlantic 747 ichabhururuka kubva kuLondon Heathrow kuenda kuAmsterdam nendege yekuratidzira, isina vatakuri vari muchikepe, vachishandisa chaiyo biofuel yemhando isingakwikwidzane nechikafu uye matsva emvura zviwanikwa. Kubhururuka, pamwe chete neBoeing uye injini yekugadzira GE Aviation, chikamu chemotokari yeVirgin Atlantic yekudzora kukanganisa kwayo kwezvakatipoteredza pese pazvinogoneka. Kuratidzira uku kunoumba chikamu chemuono weVirgin Atlantic wekuti indasitiri yendege ingakwanise sei nekushandisa tekinoroji yakachena-mafuta kudzikisa kabhoni.
Richard Branson, purezidhendi weVirgin Atlantic, akati: “Kubudirira uku kuchabatsira Mhandara yeAtlantic kubhururutsa ndege dzayo ichishandisa mafuta akachena nokukurumidza kupfuura zvaitarisirwa. Ndege yekuratidzira mwedzi unouya ichatipa ruzivo rwakakosha rwatinogona kushandisa kudzikisa zvakanyanya kabhoni tsoka yedu. Virgin Group yakavimbisa kuisa mari yayo yese kubva kumakambani ezvekufambisa kuti igadzire simba rakachena uye nekubudirira uku tave munzira yekuzadzisa zvinangwa zvedu. "
Mhandara Atlantic yakava ndege yekutanga pasi rese kugonesa vatengi kutenga yavo kabhoni mundege panguva yendege. Yayo offset chirongwa, chakatangwa munaNovember apfuura, iri yegoridhe standard scheme, iyo inowanikwawo kutenga online.
Mhandara Atlantic yakaisazve odhiyo hombe yeEuropean yeBoeing 787 Dreamliners gore rapfuura, payakaraira 15 787-9s, nesarudzo uye kodzero dzekutenga kune imwe ndege 28. Iyo 787 Dreamliner iri kusvika ku60 muzana yakanyarara uye inoshandisa inodarika 30 muzana mafuta akaderera pane iyo Airbus A340-300 iyo ichatsiva mungarava dzeVirgin Atlantic.
