Sustainability and Environment
Virgin Atlantic Partners with Low-carbon-fuel Developer
Virgin Group has partnered with chemical conversion company Agilyx to develop a new sustainable aviation fuel based on waste plastics.

Airline operator Virgin Group has partnered with chemical conversion company Agilyx to research and develop a new sustainable aviation fuel based on waste plastics, as well as establish production facilities for it. While the process has not yet been approved as a pathway to low-carbon-fuel production, Agilyx’s technology breaks down the plastics into a synthetic crude oil using pyrolysis. Once it undergoes further refining, it can then be used as jet fuel.