Emirates powers flights with SAF from Singapore

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Emirates has begun utilizing sustainable aviation gas (SAF) as a part of its gas settlement with Neste on flights departing from Singapore Changi Airport, marking its inaugural SAF funding in Asia. Roughly 3.3 million litres of blended SAF have been built-in into the fuelling system of Changi airport over the course of the previous couple of weeks.

Emirates is monitoring the supply of SAF into the fuelling techniques, accounting for and assigning its environmental advantages by broadly used and accepted trade methodologies. Earlier this yr, the airline carefully collaborated with Neste for the provision of two.6 million litres of neat SAF within the fuelling techniques of Amsterdam Schiphol airport.

The SAF being offered by Neste is produced from sustainably sourced and 100% renewable waste in addition to residue uncooked supplies, together with used cooking oil and animal fats waste. SAF used as a part of this settlement could be safely utilized in present Emirates plane and airport fuelling infrastructure, and in neat kind reduces lifecycle carbon emissions (CO2) by as much as 80%* in comparison with utilizing typical jet gas.

Adel Al Redha, Deputy President and Chief Operations Officer, Emirates mentioned: “Emirates’ funding into Neste-produced SAF in Singapore marks a primary step ahead in our SAF adoption in Asia, a area that’s primed to change into a number one provider of SAF, which continues to be briefly provide. Whereas the activation of this settlement marks a milestone in our SAF journey in a brand new area, there’s nonetheless lots of work to do. And as we procure SAF for the quick time period, we’ve obtained our sights set on longer-term agreements to assist scale up a gradual provide of SAF for our operations.”

Alexander Kueper, Vice President Renewable Aviation Enterprise, Neste mentioned:“We’re excited Emirates has began utilizing our Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Gas at Changi Airport as the subsequent step in our cooperation. It makes Emirates the primary worldwide visiting provider utilizing SAF on the airport produced at our Singapore refinery and equipped into the airport through our built-in provide chain. We’re wanting ahead to persevering with working collectively on scaling up the provision of SAF for Emirates’ operations.’

Emirates’ multi-faceted SAF technique focuses on exploring alternatives to make use of SAF operationally wherever it’s accessible in its community, share emissions reductions with company clients or freight forwarders the place possible, cooperate on longer-term SAF tasks with respected companions and help SAF ventures within the UAE with the potential to produce sustainable aviation gas at its hub sooner or later.

Emirates at present operates flights from Amsterdam, London Heathrow, Paris, Lyon and Oslo with SAF. The airline additionally built-in SAF into the fuelling techniques at its Dubai hub late final yr. In 2023, Emirates was additionally the primary airline on the earth to function two landmark demonstration flights from Dubai on the Boeing 777 and A380 with 100% SAF in a single engine in partnership with Neste and different dedicated companions, supporting future certification the place 100% drop in SAF is permitted for industrial airline operations.  At present, SAF is permitted to be used in all plane, however solely in blends of as much as 50% with typical jet gas.

The airline has additionally dedicated USD$200 million for analysis and growth (R&D) tasks focussed on decreasing the impression of fossil fuels in industrial aviation, and final month grew to become an industrial companion of the Aviation Influence Accelerator (AIA), primarily based on the College of Cambridge. Emirates intends to play an lively function in sharing its information and information, in addition to insights with AIA to help the event of cutting-edge instruments and options to cut back the long-term impression of economic aviation.

The airline is a member of the Solent Cluster within the UK, an initiative targeted on low carbon investments with the potential to create a Sustainable Aviation Gas (SAF) plant that may produce as much as 200,000 tonnes (200 kt) per yr if operational by 2032.

Emirates can also be a founding participant of the UAE analysis consortium Air-CRAFT, targeted on creating, producing, and scaling sustainable aviation gas (SAF) applied sciences for the trade.

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