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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Airbus and SAF Hélicoptères Launch Book and Claim Model for HEMS SAF
Airbus and SAF Hélicoptères partner to use Book and Claim for Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits in Catalonia’s remote emergency medical services.
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Delta Air Lines 2025 Sustainability Progress: Fuel Savings and Fleet Upgrades
Delta Air Lines reports saving 55 million gallons of fuel in 2025 while advancing fleet modernization and increasing Sustainable Aviation Fuel use…
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Washington State Business Aviation Coalition Addresses Aircraft Tax Bill
NBAA and PNBAA advocate amendments to Washington State Senate Bill 5801 imposing a 10% tax on certain aircraft to protect aviation businesses.
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Shell Secures Long-Term Deal for Egypt’s First Commercial-Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plant
Shell partners with Green Sky Capital to purchase sustainable aviation fuel from Egypt’s first commercial-scale plant, targeting 145,000 tonnes annually by 2027.
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DLR and TUI fly collaborate to study aviation contrail climate impact
DLR and TUI fly research how Boeing 737 MAX 8 emissions influence contrail formation to reduce aviation’s climate footprint.
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Embraer Delivers 1700th Ipanema Agricultural Aircraft with Ethanol Power
Embraer marks the delivery of its 1,700th Ipanema cropduster, leading Brazil’s sustainable agricultural aviation sector with ethanol-powered EMB-203 model.
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Bell 505 Achieves Over 700 Flight Hours with Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Bell 505 surpasses 700 hours on blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel demonstrating reliable, daily use in training operations.
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Ras Al Khaimah Airport Develops New VVIP Terminal for Private Jets
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport partners with Falcon Executive Aviation to build a luxury VVIP terminal opening in 2027 with LEED Gold…
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Emirates and ENOC Partner to Develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Dubai
Emirates and ENOC Group collaborate to explore local Sustainable Aviation Fuel supply with a target to support UAE’s 2031 low-carbon aviation goals.
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LanzaJet Launches First Commercial Ethanol-Based Sustainable Aviation Fuel Plant
LanzaJet starts commercial production of ethanol-derived Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Georgia, advancing global aviation decarbonization.
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Airbus Presents Multi-Lever Strategy for Aviation Emissions at Dubai Airshow
Airbus demonstrates a combined approach using fleet renewal, SAF, Book and Claim, and carbon removals to reduce aviation emissions by 2050.
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Deutsche Aircraft Advances Sustainable Manufacturing with Leipzig Assembly Line
Deutsche Aircraft celebrates Richtfest for its carbon-neutral Leipzig assembly line producing the fuel-efficient D328eco regional turboprop.
Related topics
Sustainable Aviation category · Emissions · Hydrogen · Green technology · Propulsion · EASA
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