sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

The Middle East is poised to become a center for lower-emission aviation following an agreement between DHL Express and Dubai-based SAF One.

A first-of-its-kind study of how aviation sustainability goals can best be met across Latin America and the Caribbean has produced a framework for industry.

Europe’s airlines, policymakers and environmental campaigners are weighing the future of carbon pricing policy.

Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss International Air Lines has teamed up with SAF technology company Metafuels, marking the Zurich-based SAF developer’s first aviation partnership.

Egypt’s first SAF plant secures $142.9m financing, aiming to produce 200,000 metric tons of biofuels annually with Shell as a key partner.

Project developers aiming to create Germany’s largest eSAF facility have secured a €350 million ($412 million) grant from the national and regional government.

Aether Fuels and FlyORO Technologies have signed a non-binding MOU to explore development of a SAF supply chain centered on Aether Fuels’ projects in Singapore.

LanzaTech has selected North Sea Port in Ghent, Belgium, as the site for the EU’s first commercial-scale, alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant.

A new study has been released that sets a framework for Latin American and Caribbean airlines to achieve both net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

As Rolls-Royce wraps up hydrogen-fueled engine tests, attention focuses on dual-fuel, combustion and cryogenic capabilities.

Despite its own acute financial challenges, the airline industry led the way in terms of collective post-COVID industry sustainability initiatives.

More feedstock-to-fuel pathways are needed to avoid constraints on sustainable aviation fuel capacity.

Japan Airlines reports that it achieved its sustainability targets for its most recent financial year and is also on track to achieve its longer-term goals.

Conflict-related spikes in fuel prices could be a timely wake-up call for European investment in SAF production.

China’s Shaphargroup has selected Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process technology for a planned facility to produce sustainable aviation fuel in Rotterdam.

The Middle East crisis shows European aviation’s greatest vulnerability is its dependence on fossil fuels and that should be a catalyst for strengthening climate legislation, not weakening it, argues Transport & Environment.

As recent months have demonstrated, the long-term prospects for alternative sources of energy for aviation have spurred a flow of innovation.

Petrobras has selected Honeywell UOP’s ethanol-to-jet process technology for a proposed project to produce SAF at its Replan refinery in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

NASA’s X-plane call; batteries for eR66; air-to-fuel SAF process; and volatiles key to contrails.

Boston-based Sora Fuel has raised $14.6 million to build a pilot production facility.

Cathay Pacific reported a significant rise in its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) usage in 2025.

IATA says the Middle East conflict and resulting disruption to crude and jet fuel supply could force governments to reassess energy security strategies.

The 2026 Changi Aviation Summit in Singapore brought together more than 350 industry and government leaders to discuss global air travel in a disruptive world.

Europe is likely to have met the 2025 target of 2% of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), according to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

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