sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Demand for sustainable aviation fuel is growing within the business aviation sphere, with securing supply still the real challenge.

Sustainability, the future of flight and the latest in innovation and products will be the key focus of EBACE 2023.

Neste has officially opened its Singapore SAF plant, which promises to bring total SAF products in the city-state to one million tons annually.

The European airframer has reached an agreement with Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company.

Boeing is asking suppliers for help defining a SAF type fluid for testing a wide range of components from simple seals to entire engines.

AI in aviation; flying hydrogen lab; Seoul’s UAM routes; and Alder’s fuel progresses.

Senior government ministers from the U.S., U.K. and Canada will chair the SAF Investor Summit.

Emirates' Tim Clark warns that commercial aviation emission reduction goals will not be met with existing pathways as he is injecting $200 million into eco-R&D.

The U.S. startup has commissioned a pilot-production unit, or skid, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado.

Honeywell has launched processing technology to produce eSAF via their UOP eFining methanol-to-jet process that converts e-methanol to eSAF at high yields.

eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.

European airlines fear that the cost of compliance will put them at a disadvantage.

Four industry leaders held a panel at the 2023 NBAA Maintenance Conference to discuss the future of sustainability for maintenance personnel.

The parent company of UK leisure carrier Jet2.com has invested in a new SAF production plant in Northwest England.

Batteries offer the lowest overall energy requirement, but alone cannot power most aircraft classes out to 2070, Atkins says.

Aviation industry and environmental campaigners welcome ReFuelEU accord but stress the need for further progress.

The project will include flight testing of the Pratt & Whitney GTF-powered A220 on 100% SAF.

Race cars and business jets have a mutual attraction.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom likes to describe his company’s sustainability philosophy as an “all-of-the-above” approach.

CEO says Airbus is simultaneously pursuing its hydrogen aircraft project and looking at a more conventional propulsion system for entry into service in 2035-40.

The new EU rules require jet fuel supplied at EU airports to blend sustainable aviation fuels with kerosene in increasing amounts from 2025.

Norwegian has teamed with Norsk e-Fuel to build a plant, while Wizz Air says it is investing $6.2 million in biofuel company Firefly.

When Safran became a minority shareholder in Ineratec, the intent was to understand the technology from the inside.

The Royal Air Force’s Project Monet could open the door to Swift’s success as a military training aircraft.

Two massive projects to produce billions of gal. of renewable transportation fuels have been announced in Brazil and Spain.