UK flies RAF transport aircraft with cooking oil

When compared to conventional jet fuel, the carbon emissions of sustainable aviation fuel, which is made from waste-based sustainable raw materials like used cooking oil, are 80% lower.

An RAF Transport Aircraft

In a bid to open up a world of possibilities for military and commercial aircraft, the RAF Voyager, the military version of an Airbus A330, flew over Oxfordshire, UK while being powered solely by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The fuel used to power the engines of the aircraft was cooking oil.