SAF: Are we there yet? Not yet! opinion Fayaz Hussain 7 Oct 24 0 Student syndrome (planned procrastination) is a phenomenon where people delay doing things until right before the deadline. Stress can be a great motivator. Many deadlines… Read more
Airlines, corporates willing to pay the SAF premium opinion Fayaz Hussain 23 Sep 24 0 Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is expensive. It comes at a premium. Costly feedstocks, high capex requirements and risk premiums on credit are key cost determinants.… Read more
Emirates begins using SAF on flights from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport news Fayaz Hussain 27 Mar 24 0 Emirates announced that it has activated its fuel agreement with Neste to supply 2m gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands… Read more
Skellefteå City Airport to purchase SAF for all business flights in 23/24 news Fayaz Hussain 22 Dec 23 0 Sweden’s Skellefteå City Airport announced that it will join the Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Corporate Sustainability Program to purchase sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for all its… Read more
Renovare Fuels to setup waste-to-fuel plant in Northern Ireland news Fayaz Hussain 21 Dec 23 0 Renovare Fuels announced that it will setup a £9m County Derry plant in Northern Ireland on a landfill site in collaboration with NASA and the… Read more
Velocys and Yield10 need financing fast opinion Fayaz Hussain 24 Nov 23 0 Everyone agrees that demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is strong. But two companies involved in the SAF production chain have said they will run… Read more
Heathrow announces £71m SAF incentive for airlines news Fayaz Hussain 24 Nov 23 0 Heathrow Airport announced that it is planning to extend its carbon cutting scheme for third year through a £71m scheme to help halve the price… Read more
Emirates operates A380 with 100% SAF on one engine news Fayaz Hussain 22 Nov 23 0 Emirates said it has successfully completed A380 demonstration flight using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from Dubai International Airport with one of four engines powered… Read more
Korean Air, LX Pantos to increase SAF usage for cargo flights news Fayaz Hussain 21 Nov 23 0 Korean Air and LX Pantos signed an MoU to increase use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on cargo flights to meet the net-zero carbon emissions… Read more
Study finds €2.55bn SAF potential in Ireland news Fayaz Hussain 25 Oct 23 0 A study carried out by SkyNRG and SFS Ireland in collaboration with Avolon, Boeing and ORIX Aviation found that Ireland has the potential to generate… Read more
SAF ‘most promising option’ to decarbonise aviation news Fayaz Hussain 24 Oct 23 0 Efficiency improvements are vital to reducing aviation emissions, but they cannot solve the problem of aviation sector’s emissions alone by 2050. With demand for air… Read more
Velocys launches Ohio facility news Fayaz Hussain 23 Oct 23 0 Velocys announced the launch of its technology facility in Plain City, Ohio that will house the reactor core assembly and catalysis operations which form a… Read more
Rolls-Royce tests Pearl jet engines on 100% SAF news Fayaz Hussain 19 Oct 23 0 Rolls-Royce announced successful completion of a series of tests with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on its latest generation of business aviation engines, the Pearl… Read more
Ryanair signs 500 tonnes SAF offtake agreement with OMV news Fayaz Hussain 19 Oct 23 0 OMV and Ryanair announced the signing of an offtake agreement to supply 500 metric tonnes of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at Vienna Airport in 2023.… Read more
Neste to supply 3m SAF gallons to Emirates over next two years news Fayaz Hussain 18 Oct 23 0 Emirates has signed an agreement with Neste to purchase over 3m gallons of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in 2024 and 2025. The… Read more