sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

Aviation Week Network Staff
Readers write about the financialization of aerospace, sustainable aviation fuel mandates, prospects for an airframer triopoly, and stop-fold tiltrotors.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA has released its methodology for reporting the emissions reduction that airlines can achieve by using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
A4E Managing Director Ourania Georgoutsakou discusses whether net zero is actually achievable for European aviation.
Window Seat Podcast

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Reaching net zero by 2050 will cost Europe significantly more than previously estimated, according to an updated Destination 2050 roadmap presented by industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
SIA Group has made an agreement with Aether Fuels that could pave the way for the group to acquire sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from the energy startup.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
If SAF is to account for the majority of aviation’s decarbonization, the two industries need to improve mutual understanding.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
UK-headquartered fund manager SkiesFifty is partnering with airlines and aviation stakeholders around the world to create region-specific investment funds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lower-cost e-SAF; storing hydrogen in SAF; Chinese large cargo UAS; and supersonic prototype plan.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Improving mutual understanding between aviation and fuel industries will help solve the conundrum of SAF supply, demand and price.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
University researchers continue to find new uses for abundant feedstocks ranging from recycled plastic to agricultural waste.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Because of limitations on biomass feedstock availability, power-to-liquid SAF is widely seen as the best longer-term path to decarbonizing aviation.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and green hydrogen production is behind the curve for aviation to reach its 2050 decarbonization goals, Airbus' CTO said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Haffner Energy, LanzaJet, and LanzaTech are exploring SAF production opportunities inc. commercial plants, joint technology licenses and offtake opportunities.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
New biomass and e-fuel projects are getting underway, but European SAF volumes still have a long way to go.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
SkiesFifty has teamed up with Frontline BioEnergy to ramp-up waste-to-energy sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production to commercial scale across the U.S.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
Overall, the head of IAG’s sustainability initiatives is calmly confident about where the industry is headed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italian energy giant Eni’s sustainable mobility-focused division, Enilive, has commissioned its first SAF plant at the Gela biorefinery in Sicily.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
SAF producer LanzaJet has selected a site in Teesside, northern England, for its next production facility, Project Speedbird.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IAG has invested in Wastefront, a UK company that plans to turn used tires into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores, Helen Massy-Beresford
The outlook for meeting 2050 net zero carbon goals is uncertain at best.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
One of the service’s F-35As was flown with a 40% blend of biofuel on Jan. 14.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A new report from a new report by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) highlights the sector’s environmental challenges.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jeremy Kariuki
Jet Aviation is partnering with Zurich Airport to provide sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A Transport & Environment report highlights the challenge in squaring aviation growth with net-zero emissions plans.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European aviation’s projected growth is incompatible with the region’s climate goals, according to a new report by Brussels-based NGO Transport & Environment.
Aircraft & Propulsion