In the UK, CITY A.M reported that Wizz Air’s UK chief, Marion Geoffroy has warned it will be a “slow process” to make sustainable aviation fuels affordable for the industry. Geoffroy said: “It’s going to be a slow process because of course, we need to have the fuel, the SAF, available and at a cost, […]
In Austria, OMV and Ryanair, announced the signing of an offtake agreement to supply 500 metric tons of SAF at Vienna Airport in 2023. This forms part of the MoU agreement between the companies, providing Ryanair with unique access to purchase up to 160,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV up to 2030. For OMV, […]
In the United Arab Emirates, Emirates said it has expanded its partnership with Neste for the supply of over 3 million gallons of blended Neste MY SAF in 2024 and 2025. The sustainable aviation fuel, which will be blended with conventional jet fuel, will be supplied over the course of 2024 and 2025 for Emirates’ […]
In Belgium, Reuters reported that European airline chiefs said that the industry needs to make more money and may consolidate further to pay for sustainability targets, a trend likely to lead to higher fares for passengers. The head of British Airways parent IAG said that there was a more than a 90% risk that the […]
In Washington, Boeing said it is partnering with NASA and United Airlines for in-flight testing to measure how sustainable aviation fuel affects contrails and non-carbon emissions, in addition to reducing the fuel’s life cycle climate impact. Boeing’s second ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a 737-10 destined for United Airlines, will fly with 100% SAF and conventional jet fuel […]
In Japan, Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced it has become the first industrial automation customer headquartered in Asia to join Avelia, a blockchain book-and-claim platform for sustainable aviation fuel. Launched in June 2022, Avelia was developed by Shell and Accenture, with support from the Energy Web Foundation together with American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT). […]
In Florida, Embraer announced it has successfully tested the Phenom 300E and Praetor 600 on 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel. The tests, with one engine running on 100% SAF, were performed at Embraer’s Melbourne facility and provided significant insight into systems’ performance when utilizing blends up to 100% SAF, which was provided by World Fuel. […]
In the UK, Biofuels International reported that formal engagement has begun on Lighthouse Green Fuels’ (LGF) Development Consent Order (DCO) application for an advanced sustainable aviation fuel facility on Teesside. LGF is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and requires consent from the Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero […]
In Bulgaria, Renewables Now reported that Honeywell International and Brazilian industrial biotechnology firm GranBio Technologies joined forces to produce sustainable aviation fuel. Under the partnership, Honeywell will combine its ethanol to jet (ETJ) technology with GranBio’s patented cellulosic ethanol AVAP technology to produce SAF from biomass residues at GranBio’s forthcoming demonstration plant in the US. […]
In Massachusetts, SAF producer World Energy announced a 10-year agreement with Microsoft to accelerate the decarbonization of corporate air travel and its supply chain cargo through the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc). An estimated 43.7 million gallons of petroleum jet fuel will be displaced with low-carbon SAF, World Energy said. The emissions reduction is expected […]
