European Flights Confirm Contrail Reduction Potential Of 100% SAF

Graham Warwick June 06, 2024
DLR

DLR’s Dassault Falcon 20E (left) flew to within 330 ft. of the Airbus A350 to measure emissions from its Rolls-Royce Trent engines.

Credit: DLR
Results from the first in-flight study of emissions from a commercial aircraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in both engines, conducted in 2021, have confirmed a reduction in contrail formation compared with conventional fossil Jet A-1 fuel. Previous in-situ observations of contrails...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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