sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Europe’s Luxaviation Group said May 7 that it has introduced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at its Paris-Le Bourget Airport fixed-based operation.

Seeing potential for growth in the region’s air transport sector, Tony Fernandes called for economic integration in the Association of Southeast Asia Nations.

This marks the first direct supply of Neste SAF produced in Singapore to airlines at Changi Airport.

The European business aviation sector is experiencing greater utilization of private aircraft than before the pandemic struck four years ago.

Embraer says that all its aircraft are currently approved to use a blend of up to 50% SAF mixed with conventional fuel.

Business aviation boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, but as vaccine use spread, the private air charter world had to adapt.

A4E Managing Director Rania Georgoutsakou discusses Russian overflight, contrails and other challenges European airline CEOs have on their desk this summer.

An updated U.S. Energy Department model to measure lifecycle emissions from SAF paves the way for some ethanol-to-jet to qualify for a tax credit.

The new targets, confirmed April 25, include a review mechanism to help manage prices and minimize the impact on ticket prices for passengers.

The opening of a Boeing Research and Technology center in Nagoya heralds a new push by the OEM to focus on sustainable aviation technologies and innovation in the country.

SAF is aviation’s go-to solution for reaching carbon net-zero targets; this airline is pursuing alternatives.

The Royal Air Force has taken a small but significant step closer to its ambitious goal to achieve Net Zero operations by 2040.

The industry must be allowed to grow in order to self-finance its transition to greater sustainability—but it must do so responsibly.

Besides corporate aviation customers, the deal includes four fuel providers and three airlines.

Under book-and-claim, airlines operating from locations where there is no SAF available can buy SAF for use elsewhere.

The agreement also covers the study, verification and commercialization of other crops as camelina, carinata, and winter canola in North America.

Following on from used cooking fats, plant seeds and even air, a UK company is planning to convert processed human waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Fixed-base operator (FBO) Sonoma Jet Center in Santa Rosa, California, will host a Green Fuel Day Celebration April 18.

Novel hydrogen storage; Solar Skydweller flies uncrewed; Avic’s large cargo UAV; and UK integrated electric ducted fan.

California-based NovaDev is aiming its planned EcoFlight EF-5C at replacing aging Boeing 757/767 freighters.

The commission and major sustainable aviation fuel producer send reassurance on mandate volumes.

Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.

High-speed testbeds make progress; validating a digital twin; non-CO2 emissions road map; power-beamed UAV; SAF via bacteria.

Southwest Airlines has acquired SAFFiRE Renewables, a corn stover-to-ethanol technology company in which it already holds equity.

Neste’s production alone would cover the European SAF mandate for 2025, the Finland-based fuel producer says.