In the UAE Emirates, one of the world’s largest international airlines, has become the first airline to operate an Airbus A380 demonstration flight with one of the aircraft’s four engines powered with Neste’s 100% sustainable aviation fuel. The A380 demonstration flight took off on 22 November from Dubai International Airport and is the result of […]
In New York, Virgin Airlines completed the world’s first 100% SAF transatlantic flight by a commercial airline across the Atlantic, flown on a Boeing 787, using Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. The SAF used on Flight100 is a unique dual blend; 88% HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids) supplied by Air bp and 12% SAK (Synthetic […]
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), The National reported that the UAE’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Al Mazrouei said that fossil fuel producers need to play a bigger role in boosting the production of sustainable aviation fuels. “We need to transition, and we need to transition quickly, but to transition, you need to […]
In The Netherlands, Macquarie Asset Management said it will support the growth of SAF with an initial investment of up to $191.5 million in SkyNRG via the Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions (MGETS) Fund. This new investment led by Macquarie Asset Management’s specialist Green Investments team will support SkyNRG’s next phase of growth and help […]
In Ireland, RTE reported that Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) has announced the funding of a new research project on SAF production. The Ibec group which represents the aircraft leasing industry made the announcement at the sector’s second Global Aviation Sustainability Day Conference at the Convention Center Dublin, the report stated. ALI said SAF will play […]
In the UK, Regional Gateway reported that London Oxford Airport based OXCCU has won a government grant of $3.5 million in collaboration with the University of Sheffield Translational Energy Research Center (TERC) and Coryton, which will be used to scale sustainable aviation fuel production. The capital will be used to demonstrate the world’s first direct […]
In South Korea, The Korean Economic Daily reported that Korean Air Lines Co. signed a SAF memorandum of understanding (MoU) with LX Pantos Co. The report noted that this MoU is in line with Korean Air’s Customer Participating SAF Collaboration Program, which is the first of its kind in the domestic air cargo sector. LX […]
In The Netherlands, Shell and Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTHA) signed a long-term agreement to blend sustainable aviation fuel on all aircraft fuelled at the airport, starting in 2024. The the airport will accelerate its efforts by setting itself a minimum target of 8% to meet the more ambitious goal of the Dutch aviation sector […]
In Georgia, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the successful completion of the world’s first trans-Atlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel. Accomplished on November 19, the flight took place on a Gulfstream G600 aircraft, which departed the company’s headquarters in Savannah and landed 6 hours, 56 minutes later at Farnborough Airport in England. The aircraft was […]
In Illinois, Project Speedbird – a joint partnership between LanzaJet, British Airways (BA), and Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT) – said it has secured new funding totaling $11.2 million from the UK Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition. LanzaJet, and NPT, a UK-based cleantech company developing advanced biofuels used to produce SAF, will receive the funding […]
