Due to the lesser aromatic components of the fuel, Sustainable Aviation Fuel is also designed to ignite better in aircraft jet engines. This not only reduces the environmental impact of SAFs, but also improves performance and efficiency in aircraft that use it. ...
Soon, sustainable biomass, such as forest trimmings and crop waste, will also be used to make SAF. The result is a fuel that’s chemically identical to petroleum-based diesel and can be implemented without changes to aircraft technology. Why is SAF important? The aviation industry is a major...
From KLM to Delta, an increasing number of airlines are making the switch to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Alongside new engine technologies, SAF has been identified as one of the most effective ways for the aviation sector to reduce emissions and minimise its environmental footprint. Ma...
Traditional jet fuel is made from carbon-rich crude oil that is extracted from the ground. When it is burned in aircraft engines, that carbon is released into the atmosphere. Sustainable aviation fuel, however, is made from animal byproducts or agricultural waste, oils from plants and other bi...
Sustainable aviation fuel – what is it and why is it important? Tom Parsons, Air BP’s Biojet commercial development manager, explains what sustainable aviation fuel is (SAF) and gives his view on whether SAF really is the answer to reducing aviation e
He highlighted how SAF plays a key role in that vision and how it allows them to bring about change with the current aircraft in production. He explained that the aircraft are built and certified around the jet fuel they consume and went on to say that sustainable aviation fuel allows plane...
But what does this mean when talking about SAF? This means that SAF is not physically transported and entered into the specific aircraft of the person covering the fuel premium (e.g. Board Now members). Instead, it goes into the fuel system at an airport close to the SAF production facili...
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Sustainable aviation fuel has the potential to contribute significantly to the abatement of greenhouse gas emissions in the aviation industry—by up to 50 percent, depending on the airline, according to McKinsey analysis. But the SAF industry is still in its infancy. In 2024, production capacity ...
One option is to convert electricity into hydrogen, which can then be used as an aviation fuel. The problem here is that hydrogen has an energy-density-per-unit volume that is one quarter of traditional jet fuel1, so a redesign of much of the aircraft from the propulsion system to fuel ...