sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies for the supply of up to 1.5 million tons of more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through 2035.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
A new Cambridge University report lays out four 2030 sustainable aviation goals that “must be initiated immediately and completed within five years..."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Twelve has raised $645 million in funding to help complete its power-to-liquid SAF production plant in Moses Lake, Washington and to pay for additional plants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Biden administration’s SAF Grand Challenge set the goals of 3 billion gal. per year of domestic production by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
With renewed focus on sustainability in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Airbus has signed MOUs with AirAsia and Pertamina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) is planning to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) deployment across Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
ATR has revealed new details of the preliminary hybrid power system architecture under study for the company’s advanced EVO family.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The aviation and energy industries continue to have differing opinions on how sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) should be priced and procured.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Aviation needs other transport sectors such as road transport to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and meet SAF targets, Boeing's Jim Hileman says.
Sustainability

By Chen Chuanren
The oil and refining industry should prepare for when China imposes policies on sustainable aviation and signs up for CORSIA, Shell Aviation's president says.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Asset manager Brookfield plans to invest up to $1.1 billion in Infinium to boost the output of the company's power-to-liquid e-fuel production plant in Texas.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Construction of a Southwest Airlines-backed first-of-its-kind plant that will turn corn stover into cellulosic ethanol for upgrade to SAF has begun in Kansas.
Sustainability

By Chen Chuanren
Feedstocks grown in Southeast Asia can potentially fulfill around 12% of global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2050, according to a new study.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
Greater government clarity and urgency is required if aviation is to reach 2050 “net-zero” carbon-emissions status, says a company engineering the transition.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
The case of the small German startup shows how challenging it is to get the SAF industry off the ground.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
The Australian government is unlocking funds to support the development of nascent low carbon aviation fuel technologies and new feedstock.
Sustainability

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick
Amid growing skepticism that airlines can achieve net zero emissions in 2050, a report lays out a road map for rapidly scaling up SAF. Listen in as one of those skeptics, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick, talks with a co-author of the plan.
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
The refinery will be built in Brisbane, Australia, with the CirculAir SAF production system, jointly marketed by LanzaTech and LanzaJet.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has selected companies to receive a total of $291 million in grants under the Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition, or FAST, program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Angus Batey
OXCCU has opened its prototype production plant.
Emerging Technologies

By Jeremy Kariuki
Listen in as Wastefront CEO Vianney Vales about how the company aims to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel by recycling tires.
BCA Podcast

By Graham Warwick
Questioning of aviation’s net-zero-emissions 2050 target comes as key technologies move toward ground and flight testing.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
UK advertising watchdog ASA has upheld complaints that a radio ad relating to Virgin Atlantic’s much-publicized 100% SAF flight in November 2023 was misleading.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Ampaire is preparing to conduct flight tests of its Eco Caravan, a modified Cessna Grand Caravan retrofitted with a hybrid-electric powertrain, on 100% SAF.
Advanced Air Mobility