United Airlines is expanding its use of Sustainable Air Fuel, this time lifting fuel from Chicago O'Hare International. SAF producer Neste will provide up to 1 million gallons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to United at ORD in 2024 with the first supply arriving in August. Deliveries will continue throughout 2024. The move will mark O'Hare as the fifth airport … [Read more...]

For those who monitor airfares, there's going to be a new surcharge that Lufthansa Group will be putting on fares - and an Environmental Cost Surcharge Soon with additional surcharges - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  According to Lufthansa Group, the surcharge is intended to cover part of the steadily rising additional costs due to regulatory environmental … [Read more...]

Emirates is expanding its Sustatinanable Air Fuel (SAF) usage at London Heathrow, with the airline taking delivery of over 3000 metric tonnes of neat SAF from Shell Aviation. This will be blended with conventional jet fuel and will be supplied into the fuelling infrastructure network of the airport until the end of summer 2024. It will mark the the first time the … [Read more...]

As airlines chase sustainability goals, securing Sustainable Air Fuel (SAF) is becoming key. Air New Zealand and Neste have signed an agreement for nine million litres of neat Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Air New Zeland Boeing 777 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The deal represents the largest purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste by any … [Read more...]

International Aero Engines (IAE) have been busy, with the engine supplier testing its V2500 engine with 100% Sustainable Air Fuel. The test was carried out at MTU Maintenance in Hannover, Germany. IAE is a multinational consortium comprised of Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH, Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Group is growing its offering of "Green Fares", with the group offering beyond Europe - with 12 new routes on long haul markets. These are now on sale as part of the fare offering at Lufthansa Group airlines. They include: Zurich - Los Angeles (ZRH - LAX) Frankfurt - Miami (FRA - MIA) Sao Paulo - Zurich (GRU - ZRH) Frankfurt - Bengaluru (FRA - … [Read more...]

It seems Virgin Atlantic, along with its partners has taken to the air with its 100% Sustainable Air Fuel-fueled flight. The flight marks a world first on 100% Sustainable Air Fuel (SAF) by a commercial airline across the Atlantic, flown on a Boeing 787, using Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. To get to this milestone, a consortium of partners worked together in Boeing, … [Read more...]

We've seen airlines address the want of Sustainable Air Fuel (SAF), as well as trying to get their hands on supply. Emirates has gone one stage further today, demonstrating an Airbus A380 in flight - with one engine powered entirely by SAF. The demonstration is another way of showing that SAF is a drop-in replacement for current kerosene-powered flights. It also shows … [Read more...]

We've talked about Sustainable Air Fuel a bit on this blog, and how airlines are adopting it to reduce their carbon footprint as they attempt to hit net zero. We're focusing on Emirates today. Emirates and Neste have expanded their partnership by solidifying their collaboration for the supply of over 3 million gallons of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel in 2024 and … [Read more...]