Neste extends SAF supply agreement with Amazon Air

Finnish renewables refiner Neste announced that it has reached an agreement with Amazon Air to provide 7,500 metric tons (2.5m gallons) of neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its Amazon Air cargo operations at San Francisco International Airport and Ontario International Airport in California.

“We are excited to provide SAF to Amazon Air at two major airports in California. This milestone sends a positive signal that SAF is available to airlines and cargo operators, like Amazon Air at these airports,” said Carl Nyberg, senior vice president, Commercial, Renewable Products at Neste.

The volumes will be delivered to the airline through to the end of 2025 and makes Amazon the first company to purchase and use SAF at Ontario International Airport.

The SAF purchase is part of Amazon’s commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions across its global operations by 2040. The agreement to use SAF in California is part of a broader cooperation between Amazon and Neste that started four years ago when Neste delivered SAF to Amazon at Cologne Bonn Airport in 2021.

Neste’s SAF is blended with conventional jet fuel and supplied to the Amazon Air network at both airports. The first volumes were successfully delivered earlier this year. Leveraging Neste’s SAF supply capabilities established in Northern California in 2020, the fuel is delivered directly to San Francisco International Airport via existing pipeline infrastructure.

For Amazon Air’s operation at Ontario International Airport, the SAF is delivered to the airport by trucks from Neste’s SAF terminal facilities in Los Angeles by Diesel Direct, Neste’s long-term partner.

Amazon is also part of the SAF Coalition whose members include airports, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, agribusinesses, feedstock producers, labor unions, and technology companies and advocates for policies and incentives that will rapidly increase the development, production and adoption of SAF.