The Portuguese airline Hi Fly is the first ever "jet-age passenger flight" which did not use any single-use plastic item on board.
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The world's first plastic-free flight operated on December 26, after Christmas Day of 2018. The passengers of the flight from Lisbon to Natal, Brazil had experienced the first one-of-a-kind flight trip wherein "plastic cups were replaced by glass and paper cups; food was served in bio-plastic and plant-based compostable boxes, and plates and bowls made from China; and the cutlery is made of bamboo which can be washed and reused," according to Buzzfeed News.
In an article by The Telegraph, the flight on December 26 is one of the three single-use plastic-free flights using the Airbus 340, which carries around 700 passengers per flight. According to Hi Fly President Paulo Mirpuri, their aim is to "adopt a plastic-free policy on all its flights by the end of 2019." In fact, the test flights will prevent the use of 350kg of indestructible and environmentally-harmful single-use plastics.
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The Hi Fly Airline "an airline specialized in high quality Wet Lease & Charter services" and covers 400 destinations and 200 airlines worldwide. With the implementation of its environmental advocacy against using single-use plastics, it poses a challenge to other transportation services to be part of the solution in reducing and in the long-run eliminating the use of single-use plastics in order to address the long-term threats of global warming and prevent the 2050 scenario.
