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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Deutsche Aircraft Advances D328eco and Supports Legacy Dornier 328 Operators
Deutsche Aircraft hosts an Operator Summit to support legacy Dornier 328 fleets and prepare the near-zero emission D328eco for 2027 entry into…
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Desert Jet Partners with 4AIR to Offset Carbon Emissions and Expand Sustainably
Desert Jet offsets 43 metric tons of CO2e, earns 4AIR Facility Neutral Certificate, and expands infrastructure with sustainability focus.
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Clean Planet Launches Pilot Facility Converting Plastic Waste to Aviation Fuel
Clean Planet Technologies opens a UK pilot facility converting non-recyclable plastic waste into Sustainable Aviation Fuel, reducing emissions by over 70%.
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AURA AERO Unveils Cabin Configurations for ERA Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
AURA AERO presents versatile cabin layouts for its 19-seat ERA hybrid-electric aircraft, targeting 80% COâ‚‚ emissions reduction and 900 nm range.
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Spirit Airlines Faces Liquidation Risk Amid Rising Jet Fuel Costs
Spirit Airlines risks liquidation in 2026 due to soaring jet fuel prices following the Strait of Hormuz closure, threatening its bankruptcy restructuring…
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Petrobras Chooses Honeywell UOP Ethanol-to-Jet Tech for SAF Facility
Petrobras plans a large-scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel facility using Honeywell UOP’s Ethanol-to-Jet technology at REPLAN refinery in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Infinium’s Project Atlas Selected for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Supply
Infinium’s Project Atlas chosen by SABA to supply sustainable aviation fuel certificates with American Airlines handling delivery and logistics.
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Phelan Green Chooses Honeywell Tech for South African eSAF Facility
Phelan Green invests $2.5B in South Africa to build an electro-sustainable aviation fuel plant using Honeywell’s Fischer Tropsch technology.
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Washington Repeals Private Aircraft Luxury Tax, Updates Aviation Fees
Washington State repealed a 10% luxury tax on private aircraft and introduced new fuel and registration fee increases to fund aviation and…
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ICAO Adopts Stricter CO2 and Noise Standards for New Aircraft
ICAO’s new regulations mandate 10% stricter CO2 limits and tighter noise controls for subsonic and supersonic aircraft starting 2026.
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Airbus-led ECLIF-X Campaign Studies Aviation Non-CO2 Emissions 2025-2027
The ECLIF-X campaign investigates how low-sulphur and low-aromatic fuels reduce contrail formation and non-CO2 emissions in aviation from 2025 to 2027.
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SHEIN Expands Sustainable Aviation Fuel Use with DHL Partnership
SHEIN partners with DHL Express to pilot Sustainable Aviation Fuel in air freight, supporting emissions reduction amid market and regulatory challenges.
Related topics
Sustainable Aviation category · Emissions · Hydrogen · Green technology · Propulsion · EASA
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