In Ireland, European low-cost airline Ryanair announced that it has expanded its partnership with Neste, to power its full schedule of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol flights with a 40% SAF blend from April 1. The airline has the goal of operating 12.5% of flights with SAF. Ryanair’s Director of Sustainability, Thomas Fowler said: “Ryanair is delighted […]
In China, Airbus and the China National Aviation Fuel Group (CNAF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to intensify Chinese-European cooperation on the production, competitive application and common standards formulation for sustainable aviation fuel. In September 2022, Airbus and CNAF contracted to support commercial and delivery flights in China to be operated with SAF. By […]
In Japan, local newspaper The Mainichi reported that Japanese sushi chain Akindo Sushiro will supply used cooking oil to produce sustainable aviation fuel. Food & Life Companies, based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, aims to supply oil from around 680 Sushiro and other restaurants across Japan to produce sustainable aviation fuel from 2025, according to the […]
In Washington D.C., AeroXplorer reported that Honeywell’s Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT) division is currently in talks with several Latin American countries about launching 12 projects in the SAF field. Honeywell PMT’s regional president Jose Fernandes, said: “Latin America right now is really a hot spot for Honeywell”. According to the report, one of the […]
In the UK, Flight Global reported that aviation stakeholders have urged the European Commission to improve its SAF incentives in light of the measures included in the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA includes significant incentives and subsidies for SAF production in the US. Speaking during a panel session at the Airlines for Europe […]
In Colorado, Bank of America said that together with Boom Supersonic, Boston Consulting Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Meta and clean energy nonprofit RMI are joining together through the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) to purchase sustainable aviation fuel certificates at scale. The SAF involved in the SABA transaction is produced by World Energy and […]
In New Jersey, AIN Online reported that Dassault Aviation has added a continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel at its Little Rock completions facility at Bill and Hillary Clinton International Airport (KLIT) in Arkansas. According to the report, the SAF, supplied by Avfuel and refined by Neste in a 30 percent SAF blend, is being […]
In the UK, sustainable fuels technology firm Velocys welcomed the recent consultation paper from the UK Government which contains a number of proposals aimed at supporting and financing the development of the sustainable aviation fuel industry. Velocys believes this will help to support the further development of its UK reference project, Altalto Immingham and other […]
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said it has recommended that the Departments of Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture develop and incorporate performance measures into the Grand Challenge roadmap. To reduce aviation greenhouse gas emissions, the White House issued a “Grand Challenge” that aims to increase the production of sustainable jet fuel to […]
In Canada, the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) said it has partner with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in their Assistance, Capacity-building, and Training for Sustainable Aviation Fuels initiative (ICAO ACT-SAF). Sustainable aviation fuels are a key component to meet the industry’s collective goals towards NetZero carbon emissions by 2050, in line with Business […]
