Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): Latest News
Sustainable aviation fuel is the industry’s main lever for cutting lifecycle carbon emissions this decade, because it can be blended into today’s jet fuel and burned in today’s engines.
Made from waste fats and oils, agricultural and forestry residues, municipal waste, or synthetically from captured carbon and green hydrogen, it is currently a small fraction of global jet fuel supply and several times the price of conventional kerosene. Mandates, incentives and long-term offtake deals are what turn announced plants into fuel. This page gathers every AirPro News story on SAF, newest first.
What we watch
- Policy. The EU’s ReFuelEU Aviation mandate, which requires rising SAF blends at EU airports from 2025; the UK mandate; national targets in Asia; and US federal and state incentives that determine whether American production capacity gets built.
- Production. New plants and final investment decisions, the pathways behind them — HEFA today, alcohol-to-jet and gasification next, power-to-liquid e-fuels later — and the projects that are delayed or cancelled.
- Offtake and buyers. Airline and corporate offtake agreements, book-and-claim schemes that let buyers pay for SAF delivered elsewhere, and the buyers’ alliances aggregating demand.
- Aircraft and engines. Certification of 100% SAF operation, engine manufacturers’ testing, and what unblended SAF means for maintenance and materials.
- The numbers. Supply volumes, blend rates actually achieved, prices, and the gap between mandates and molecules.
Latest SAF coverage
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DHL Express Starts SAF Flights at Paris CDG With TotalEnergies Fuel
DHL Express signed a SAF deal with TotalEnergies covering 5 million liters in its first year for flights from Paris Charles de…
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Singapore Airlines Signs SAF Offtake Deal with Aether Fuels
Singapore Airlines commits to buying SAF from Aether Fuels’ Project Beacon facility in Singapore, due online in 2028.
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US Airline Fuel Costs Surge 60 Percent in August 2026
BTS data shows U.S. airlines spent $6.17B on fuel in August 2026, as cost per gallon jumped 62.2% year-over-year to $3.72.
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SABA Members Back Infinium eSAF Facility With Long-Term Deals
Google, McKinsey, and others sign binding SAFc agreements to support Infinium Energy’s 100,000 MT/year Texas eSAF project.
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EU Exceeds 2025 SAF Mandate at 2.79 Percent Blend Rate
EASA reports EU airports hit 2.79% SAF blend in 2025, surpassing the 2% ReFuelEU mandate with 1.1M tonnes supplied.
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ICAO DGCA 61st Conference Adopts Asia-Pacific Aviation Framework
34 Asia-Pacific states adopt 44-recommendation framework on safety, sustainability, and AAM at ICAO’s 61st DGCA Conference.
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Rolls-Royce to Lead ELEVATED Hybrid-Electric EU Project
Rolls-Royce leads the ELEVATED consortium under EU Clean Aviation, targeting 20% CO2 cuts with 2028 ground testing.
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Montana Renewables Cuts SAF Expansion Cost to $137M
Calumet’s Montana Renewables targets 200M gallons of SAF annually by 2028 for $137M, down from a $1.2B plan.
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TAT Technologies Partners With Beyond Aero on Hydrogen Cooling
TAT Technologies will integrate its Universal Cooling System into the Beyond Aero ONE hydrogen-electric business aircraft.
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American Airlines Warns Fuel Costs to Cut Q4 Capacity Plans
American Airlines faces $1B in extra Q4 fuel costs, prompting capacity cuts as United, Southwest, and Alaska Airlines follow suit.
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United Airlines Extends Neste SAF Supply Deal Through 2027
United Airlines and Neste extend SAF supply at Chicago O’Hare and Amsterdam Schiphol through mid-2027 after doubling fuel volume in 2025.
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Nova Pangaea Completes 72-Hour SAF Endurance Trial at Teesside
Nova Pangaea Technologies validates its REFNOVA waste biomass to bioethanol process with a 72-hour continuous trial at its UK plant.
Related topics
Sustainable Aviation category · Emissions · Hydrogen · Green technology · Propulsion · EASA
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