sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines have stressed the importance of domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, as ANA revises its SAF target.

As climate concerns grow, at the heart of the controversy is whether business aviation operations are actually for business or leisure.

IATA revealed roadmaps of how aviation can reach net zero by 2050 at its AGM in Istanbul, Turkey.

European carriers say they need support, not constraints, to help them decarbonize.

IATA has urged governments in Latin America to put incentives in place that would allow the region to emerge as one of the largest SAF producers worldwide.

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is on the verge of revealing plans to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on-site.

High-temperature fuel cells; Hydrogen afterburner; SAF report card; and Spaceplane flies on rocket power.

Boeing expects to publish findings from the joint study with non-profit the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) in early 2024.

EU and UK SAF mandates are projected to require 1.5 billion gal. of fuel per year by 2030.

Boeing has signed a prepurchase option agreement with Equatic, a startup that aims to remove carbon dioxide from seawater.

The operator of airports in the Netherlands has been ordered to accelerate the replacement of diesel-powered ground handling equipment by the end of 2023.

The high price tag on sustainable aviation fuel, coupled with a lack of European producers, are headaches for Air France-KLM as they aim to meet climate goals.

New refineries and increasing deliveries hold promise, but obstacles to book-and-claim are slowing uptake.

Already licensed for use at 35 plants globally, UOP’s technology produces HEFA (hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids) SAF from waste fats, oils and greases.

Airline private equity group Indigo Partners has invested $50 million in U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup CleanJoule.

Daniel Iracane, a member of France’s Technology Academy, calls the product e-bio-SAF, where “e” stands for the electric power needed to produce hydrogen.

The move expands the current target for airlines to have at least 10% SAF in their total fuel uptake.

In one of the main changes, All Nippon Airways has set a goal of reducing total CO2 emissions by 10% or more by fiscal 2030, compared to fiscal 2019 levels.

Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas Dagangan Berhad will supply the airline group with more than 230,000 tons of neat SAF beginning in 2027.

Carbon market experts are aiming to capitalize on growing demand for transparency within the business aviation sector.

Commercial airlines and others could out-maneuver business aviation in securing the limited global sustainable aviation fuel supply, EBACE attendees hear.

The proposed biorefinery at south Malaysia’s Pengerang Integrated Complex would produce HEFA/HVO, SAF and bionaphtha at a capacity of 12,500 barrels daily.

High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic agreed to a sustainable aviation fuel deal with power-to-liquid producer Dimensional Energy for Overture testing.

The commitment by IATA member airlines at the AGM in Boston in 2021 to be carbon net zero by 2050 was remarkable.

Engine-makers are accelerating tests of business aircraft engines with 100% sustainable aviation fuel.