In India, local newspaper The Economic Times reported that Sebastian Mikosz, Senior Vice President for Environment & Sustainability at IATA considered that India is among the countries with the largest potential to produce SAF. For production of SAF, there should be access to feedstock like biomass, the executive said, adding that the environmental problem has […]
In Germany, OMV said that the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) announced funding of $ 3.53 million for a Methanol-to-SAF (M2SAF) development project The members of the consortium that received the funds are BASF, Thyssenkrupp, OMV, DLR and ASG. In addition to catalyst development, process development, plant integration and the design of a […]
In Japan, Japanese biofuels company Euglena said it has supplied SAF to a government aircraft carrying Japanese premier Fumio Kishida to the 2022 ASEAN Summit, the G20 Bali Summit, and the APEC Summit. The aircraft fuelled with Euglena’s SAF left Tokyo’s Haneda airport on 12 November. This is the first time SAF has been used […]
In Hungary, Wizz Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with energy firm OMV for the supply of sustainable aviation fuel for the period between 2023 and 2030. The MoU gives Wizz Air the opportunity to purchase up to 185,000 metric tons of SAF from OMV. Swain Jones, Development Officer at Wizz Air, said: […]
In Finland, Neste and CargoAi, an air cargo digital solutions provider, have announced a partnership which enables freight forwarders and their clients to reduce the carbon emissions of their cargo transport through the purchase of Neste SAF. As of November 2022 onwards, CargoAi offers the possibility to purchase Neste SAF when booking a cargo transport. […]
In Sweden, the Volvo Group announced that as of autumn 2022, the company will fly their employees with Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) aircrafts using 50% SAF, starting with two departures per week between Gothenburg Landvetter Airport (GOT) and Lyon-Saint Exupéry (LYS). ”In Collaboration with Volvo Group we have decided to fly with 50% SAF, which […]
In the UK, City A.M reported that group of local airlines and airports urged the UK government to ramp up state support for the production of sustainable aviation fuels in the country. “We believe UK SAF production has the chance to become a domestic success story, but the government needs to act now to ensure […]
In Egypt, Zawya reported that EgyptAir launched its first flight fueled by sustainable aviation fuel in collaboration with Neste. The flight transported a delegation attending the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). The Dreamliner Boeing 787-900 plane transported a delegation attending COP27 from Paris to Sharm El-Sheikh. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference takes […]
In Belgium, Skift reported that Paul Abbott, CEO of American Express Global Business Travel, said that 300 sustainable aviation fuel plants would need to be built, if the industry wanted to get to 10% sustainable fuel by 2030. The executive noted that these SAF production plants take five years to build, and cost $300 million […]
In Australia, Financial Review reported that Australian airline Qantas is currently having talks to import sustainable aviation fuel into Australia. Qantas is currently working with Airbus to start local supply and is also looking for SAF imports. It currently uses a blend of SAF and conventional jet fuel on some flights out of London and […]
