Tags: SAF

Korean Air partners with CEVA Logistics for cargo SAF program

(From left to right) Olivier Boccara, Air & Ocean Leader APAC, CEVA Logistics and Jaedong Eum, Senior Vice President and Head of Cargo Business, Korean Air Korean Air will expand its cargo sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program through the partnership with global logistics company CEVA Logistics. Korean Air’s customer-participation SAF program was launched in September […]

World’s first in-flight study of commercial aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel show significant non-CO2 emission reductions

In-flight measurements from an A350 aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) show a significant reduction in soot particle emissions and formation of contrail ice crystals compared to using conventional aviation fuel Global model simulations estimate 26% reduction in contrails’ climate impact when using 100% SAF Results from the world’s first in-flight study of the […]

Inclusion of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act only the first step in developing world leading SAF industry in Europe

Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) key to reaching net zero European aviation industry hails the inclusion of SAF as a strategic decarbonisation technology in the EU’s Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) This is a prerequisite to pave the way towards the development of a strong, globally competitive EU SAF market, which in turn will be crucial […]

IATA: SAF Volumes Growing but Still Missing Opportunities

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced estimates for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. In 2023, SAF volumes reached over 600 million liters (0.5Mt), double the 300 million liters (0.25 Mt) produced in 2022. SAF accounted for 3% of all renewable fuels produced, with 97% of renewable fuel production going to other sectors. In 2024 […]

European aviation industry welcomes CAAF/3 agreement on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)

The five leading European aviation associations representing Europe’s airlines, airports, civil aeronautics industry and air navigation service providers, which are close partners through the DESTINATION 2050 alliance – A4E, ACI EUROPE, ASD, CANSO Europe, and ERA – welcome the agreement reached by ICAO Member States at the Third Conference on Aviation Alternative Fuels (CAAF/3) in […]

VINCI Airports continues the deployment of sustainable aviation fuel on its network

VINCI Airports and TotalEnergies announce the arrival of sustainable aviation fuel at Saint-Nazaire Montoir airport. Produced from used cooking oils, the biofuel (before mixing) reduces CO2 emissions by up to 90% over the entire life cycle, compared to fossil kerosene. Airbus, the main customer of Saint-Nazaire Montoir airport, will use this alternative fuel to refuel […]

IAG Cargo partners with Kuehne+Nagel to advance Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

Kuehne+Nagel is reducing its Scope 3* carbon footprint by part-funding IAG’s purchase of six million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) The SAF is scheduled to be delivered during 2023 as part of IAG Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel’s commitments to decarbonising air cargo The SAF will be produced from used cooking oil and food waste, and […]

Wizz Air Invests £5M in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Producer Firefly

First equity investment in biofuel company will allow Wizz Air to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to its UK operations from 2028 The £5m investment will support the development and certification of SAF produced from sewage sludge Partnership with Firefly has the potential to save 1.5m tonnes of CO2-eq[1] Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing and […]

VINCI Airports and WFS have launched sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Toulon Hyères airport

VINCI Airports, operator of Toulon Hyères airport, and WFS, holder of the airport’s fuelling contract, are launching a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) service available to commercial and business aviation companies operating at the airport. The fuels will be distributed in a 30% blend with conventional kerosene. To distribute these fuels, VINCI Airports and WFS have […]

Göteborg Landvetter Airport welcomes the first commercial air route to be fuelled by 50 per cent sustainable aviation fuel

As an airport operator, Swedavia works to promote the switch to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with its goal to have five per cent of all fuel used for refuelling at Swedish airports be fossil-free by 2025. There will now be a new opportunity to fly with a significantly lower carbon footprint when the first route […]