In Australia, Qantas, Sydney Airport and Ampol, supported by Qantas’ SAF Coalition partners, have marked the largest ever commercial importation of SAF into Australia, with nearly two million liters of unblended SAF,
The fuel was imported by Ampol from Malaysia to its Kurnell facility on Wednesday 7 May and is currently being blended with conventional aviation fuel before testing and certification so that it can be distributed into the Sydney airport supply chain. It will then be used on flights departing from Sydney Airport over the coming weeks.
Once blended at a ratio of approximately 18%, the fuel could power the equivalent of 900 flights from Sydney to Auckland on Qantas and Jetstar’s 737 aircraft, reducing the resulting carbon emissions from those flights by a total estimated 3,400 tons, Qantas said.
Qantas established the SAF Coalition in 2023 which consists of 15 leading Australian and global companies, all supporting the use of SAF at scale to help reduce their air travel and freight emissions.
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