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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-15191275

Britain's first commercial flight powered by sustainable biofuel is scheduled to take off from Birmingham airport on Thursday.

Thomson Airways said its Boeing 757 would use a 50/50 mix of used cooking oil and traditional aviation fuel.

It said Thursday's flight to Lanzarote would initially be a one-off, to allow a regular supply of oil to be sourced.

The airline said the scheduled flight would use biofuel on a daily basis from 2012.

The use of biofuels has already been tested by Boeing and several other airlines around the world have recently trialled similar flights.

In 2008 Virgin Atlantic flew a passenger-less Boeing 747 between London and Amsterdam powered partly by biofuel as a demonstration of the technology.

Biofuels come from many sources and those derived from waste products are considered to be some of the most sustainable.

Overheard onboard - "What's that smell like chips ?"