sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

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

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.

FAA funds sustainability projects; faster cryogenic fueling; hydrogen in a box; and sharkskins for 777s.

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

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

OXCCU has opened its prototype production plant.

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

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

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.

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.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a purchase deal with a leading Japanese energy company that will help it meet its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) usage target.

JetBlue Airways has signed a pact with World Fuel Services for sustainable aviation fuel to help power some of the carrier’s flights from New York JFK.

United Airlines has agreed to buy up to 1 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel from Neste this year for use at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

Metafuels and the Paul Scherrer Institute have been awarded $5 million by the Swiss government to demonstrate the production of e-fuel for aviation.

Air New Zealand is pulling back from a 2030 emissions reduction target, citing aircraft delivery delays and SAF supply as obstacles to achieving the goal.

Japan’s aviation sustainability initiatives are both broad and deep.

Deutsche Aircraft has begun production of the first D328eco prototype by cutting one of the existing legacy Dornier 328 fuselages into three pieces.

CEO Sean Doyle has called for accelerated production of sustainable aviation fuel to meet the UK's upcoming mandates.

The funding will support the development of alcohol-to-jet fuels by enabling the development and scale up of ethanol-to-SAF capabilities.

Airbus, Air France-KLM, Qantas and a collection of other partners are investing a total of around $200 million in a sustainable aviation fuel financing fund

Indonesia President Joko Widodo is looking to use the country’s massive coconut production as a potential feedstock to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Airbus and ACI World have agreed to work together to support the move towards sustainable aviation.

GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES) will begin using SAF at its engine testing operation, naming cargo airline DHL Express as the product's launch customer.

The International Council for Clean Transportation concludes that current manufacturer delivery projections are not consistent with the 2050 net-zero target.

Concerted effort and broad-based collaboration is required if business aviation is to maintain its social license to operate.