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VIRGIN ATLANTIC NOW SERVING FAIRTRADE COFFEE ONBOARD


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Amanda
- 659 days ago - virgin-atlantic.com
Fairtrade products are all about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Last year we served nearly seven million cups of coffee and over five million cups of tea on our flights, so
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Kathe M. (0)
Sunday February 24, 2008, 4:01 pm
It's great that Virgin Atlantic is serving fairtrade coffee onboard. My question is, what are they doing to cut fuel consumption and thereby reduce carbon emissions that are the major cause of global warming? That's more important to the planet than fairtrade coffee.
 

Amanda Wrege (13)
Sunday February 24, 2008, 4:52 pm
What do you mean what are they doing?? Today, they made history by flying using a coconut and babassu oil blend in the very first Virgin Atlantic biofuel flight. It's very exciting!

http://gas2.org/2008/02/24/coconut-and-babassu-oil-blend-used-in-first-virgin-atlantic-biofuel-flight/
 
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