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Cooking Oil-Powered Plane to Fly Tourists to Antarctica

Barchart·09/17/2026 13:12:04
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Imagine flying from South Africa to Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth. Then visualize making the journey on a jet powered, partially, by fuel made from left-over cooking oil. That’s from a headline today on Business Insider Africa, which says that White Desert, a luxury-tourism company, will soon operate flights between Cape Town and South Africa with jet fuel supplied by Sasol, a South African energy and chemicals company. Passengers will pay between $16,500 and $120,000 for the privilege, depending on the tour package.…