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Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) through the airport’s fuel hydrant of SAF last year for commercial operations
system and departing Singapore Airlines and Scoot aircraft using this year, is also the founding member of First
the fuel. Neste will supply 1,000 tonnes of neat SAF blended Movers Coalition, an alliance of companies to
with refined jet fuel at ExxonMobil’s Singapore facilities as part accelerate new technology development to
of the pilot program. Singapore Airlines, the first airline to sign reduce emissions. Its ecoDemonstrator pro-
the Global SAF Declaration, is expected to use 1,000 tons of SAF gram, in in collaboration with FedEx Express,
during the current year. made the world’s first commercial airplane
flight using 100 per cent SAF with a 777
Australian carrier Qantas, which is targeting to use 10 per cent freighter in 2018. Among its sustainability
SAF in its overall fuel mix by 2030, has signed an agreement with
US biofuels company Aemetis for the supply of about 20 million initiatives include partnerships with carriers
such as Alaska Airlines, Etihad Airways, and
liters of blended SAF each year for its flights from Los Angeles
and San Francisco to Australia. The carrier, which is using a United Airlines. At the Farnborough Show,
blend of sustainable fuel since the start of the year for its flights Boeing introduced Cascade, an online data
from London, is reportedly close to signing other deals for the modeling calculator that will help users
use of SAF from other international airports, including those in find the “best routes to zero carbon emis-
the U.S. and other countries. In India, Boeing, SpiceJet and CSIR- sions.” In August, the company announced
Indian Institute of Petroleum are working together to explore that it would open a Boeing Research and
opportunities for the use of SAF in the Indian aviation industry. Technology Centre (BR&T) in Nagoya, Japan
to develop sustainable aviation technologies
Meanwhile, Malaysia Airlines commemorated World Environment such as hydrogen propulsion, robotics, digiti-
Day on June 5 by operating its first passenger flight using SAF zation and composites.
between Kuala Lumpur-Singapore and Singapore-Kuala Lumpur.
The carrier plans to operate regular flights using SAF by 2025. Airbus is partnering with Qantas Group to
IndiGo, India’s largest carrier with a domestic market share of invest up to US$200 million to accelerate the
58.8 per cent, has also joined the sustainability bandwagon. establishment of a (SAF industry in Australia.
In February this year, the airline operated its new A320 neo All Airbus commercial aircraft and helicop-
plane from Toulouse, France to New Delhi with a 10 per cent ters are certified to fly with an up to 50%
blend of SAF. In August, IndiGo joined a sustainable initiative blend of SAF, and the European powerhouse
spearheaded by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and signed is committed to achieving certification of 100
on to be a part of the Clear Skies for Tomorrow, India Coalition per cent SAF by 2030 for commercial aircraft
campaign. and for helicopters. In March last year, the
company conducted the first flight of an
A350 operating one engine on 100 per cent
SAF and followed it up in October with the
inaugural flight of an A319neo operating one
engine on 100 per cent SAF. In another mile-
stone, the company in March this year flew
an A380 operating one engine on 100 SAF.
In June, the first flight of an H225 operating
both engines on 100 per cent SAF took place.
Since June last year, Airbus Helicopters has
been using SAF in development test flights,
training initiatives and delivery flights.
Embraer highlighted its sustainability ini-
tiatives at the Farnborough show, signing a
letter of intent with Raízen to stimulate the
development of a SAF production ecosystem.
The OEM, which will become the first aircraft
OEMs Join In manufacturer to use SAF that will be distrib-
uted by Raízen, has a goal of neutralizing the
Plane makers are doing a lot more than making fuel-efficient carbon footprint of its operations by 2040.
aircraft as they support the industry’s push for greener skies. According to Embraer, the partnership will
Boeing, which has launched a five-year ecoDemonstrator pro- help the company reach its goal of having
gram partnership with NASA to collect and analyze data on SAF SAF blends representing 100 per cent of its
emissions, has also partnered with SkyNRG to increase the avail- fuel consumption in Brazil by 2030. Having
ability and use of SAF. The company, which purchased 2M gallons committed to flying a hydrogen-powered

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