sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

By Chris Sloan
Regarding SAF, some airline executives say high costs, limited supply and scalability concerns have tempered expectations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA has pledged to work more closely with the ICAO to advance transparency and integrity in tracking progress of sustainable aviation fuels.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
A study by Airbus-backed think tank Bauhaus Luftfahrt estimates the societal costs of aviation's climate impact for different decarbonization pathways.
Emerging Technologies

By Ella Nethersole
If Gulf governments were to address the asymmetry between international compliance obligations and the absence of a domestic framework, it could prove a renewed incentive for further emissions intensity reductions.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Latvia plans Europe's first 100% SAF production plant using Swedish Biofuels technology with 2031 operational target.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have issued a joint report warning that SAF goals will be hard to achieve at the current rate of supply.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
U.S. synthetic fuel developer Syntholene expects its demonstration facility in Iceland to be operational as soon as June, six months ahead of schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Acelen Renewables has secured $1.5 billion in funding to begin construction of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Bahia state.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
A joint venture with plans to produce power-to-liquid SAF in the port of Skelleftea, Sweden, has received a $24 million grant from the Swedish Energy Agency.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) is warning that potential inflationary pressures and weakening consumer sentiment could deter travel demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Laminar-flow business jet; hybrid-electric tiltwing; Solar Impulse 2 lost; and jet fuel from ethanol.
Emerging Technologies

Emily Tobler
Comment by May 31 to provide feedback on how SAF is "counted."
Business Aviation

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

By Karen Walker
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe’s airlines, policymakers and environmental campaigners are weighing the future of carbon pricing policy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
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.
Emerging Technologies

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

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Karen Walker
Despite its own acute financial challenges, the airline industry led the way in terms of collective post-COVID industry sustainability initiatives.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
More feedstock-to-fuel pathways are needed to avoid constraints on sustainable aviation fuel capacity.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion