American Airlines and Google announce SAF certificates deal
In Texas, American Airlines and Google recently announced a record-breaking agreement for sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc), representing the largest publicly announced SAFc agreement between an airline and a single corporate customer to date. The new agreement will unlock 35 million gallons (132 million liters) of SAF over three years, resulting in nearly 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions reductions.
Under the agreement, American will purchase and take delivery of physical fuel for Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) through existing infrastructure, the SAF portion of which will be produced from waste feedstocks like used cooking oil. Google will receive the environmental benefits to help address its emissions from employee business travel via the SAFc Registry, which enables transparent and traceable book-and-claim SAFc. The long-term nature of this agreement enabled American to secure a new long-term SAF offtake with Valero Marketing and Supply Company and reinforces American’s longstanding commitment to SAF.
Category: Fuels
